Catarina Frois

Gebundenes Buch

Peripheral Vision

Politics, Technology, and Surveillance

Beschreibung

An in-depth ethnography of Portugal from 2005-2010 examining ‘modernization through technology’ Uses surveillance studies to explain the current fragilities of Portugal’s young democratic system Broadens the usual technocentric perspective of surveillance studies through political anthropology

Autor

Catarina Frois is Invited Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Lisbon University Institute and Senior Researcher at the Centre for Research in Anthropology, Portugal. Her publications include The Anonymous Society: Identity, Transformation and Anonymity in 12-Step Associations (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009) and VigilA¢ncia e Poder (Mundos Sociais, 2011).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9781782380238
• ISBN-10: 178238023X
• Artikelnr.: 38489358