Points of departure: The culture of US airport screening

Journal of Visual Culture

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-200

  Parks, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

9 11; Airport screening; Imaging technologies; National security; Objects; Surveillance; Travel

Indexed keywords

EID: 61149669880     PISSN: 14704129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470412907078559     Document Type: Article

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