Digital epidermalization: Race, identity and biometrics

Critical Sociology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-150

  Browne, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biometric technology; Biometrics; Race; Racialization; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949115393     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0896920509347144     Document Type: Article

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