"Since the 1990s, biometric border control has attained key importance throughout Europe. Employing digital images of, for example, fingerprints, DNA, bones, faces or irises, biometric technologies use bodies to identify, categorize, and regulate individuals' cross-border moveme…
"This book addresses one of the least studied yet most pervasive aspects of modern life--the techniques and mechanisms by which official agencies certify individual identity. From passports and identity cards to labor registration and alien documentation, from fingerprinting to …
Identifikation
Raewyn Connell ist in Deutschland durch ihr Buch "Der gemachte Mann", eine Grundlegung der Männlichkeitsforschung, weit bekannt geworden. Ihr neues Buch "Gender" führt in interdisziplinärer und global vergleichender Perspektive in zentrale Themen und Diskussionen der Geschlechte…