Biometric revisions of the 'body' in airports and US welfare reform

Body and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-121

  Kruger, Erin ^a   Magnet, Shoshana ^b   Van Loon, Joost ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agamben; Airports; Bare life; Biometrics; Space; State of exception; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949090654     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: 14603632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X08090700     Document Type: Article

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