The Art of Identification - Forensics, Surveillance, Identity

A multidisciplinary collection of essays exploring current scholarship on the history of human identification. Examines how techniques of identification are entangled within a wider sphere of cultural identity formation.

About the author

Rex Ferguson is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Birmingham.Melissa M. Littlefield is Professor in the Department of English at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.James Purdon is Lecturer in English Literature at the University of St Andrews.

Summary

A multidisciplinary collection of essays exploring current scholarship on the history of human identification. Examines how techniques of identification are entangled within a wider sphere of cultural identity formation.

Product details

• Authors: Rex Ferguson
• Assisted by: Rex Ferguson (Editor), Rex (Senior Lecturer Ferguson (Editor), Ferguson Rex (Editor), Melissa M. Littlefield (Editor), Melissa M. (Professor Littlefield (Editor), James Purdon (Editor), James (Lecturer Purdon (Editor), Purdon James (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.08.2021
• EAN: 9780271090573
• ISBN: 978-0-271-09057-3
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: AnthropoScene
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SCIENCE / Biotechnology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, biotechnology, Literary studies: general, Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Privacy & Surveillance