When biometrics fail
Subtitle: gender, race, and the technology of identity
By: Shoshana Amielle Magnet
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780822351351; 9780822351238
Subjects: Biometric identification; Social aspects; Political aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-198) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : imagining biometric security; title: Biometric failure; title: I-tech and the beginnings of biometrics; title: Criminalizing poverty : adding biometrics to welfare; title: Biometrics at the border; title: Representing biometrics; title: Conclusion : biometric failure and beyond.