Performance, transparency, and the cultures of surveillance /

Placing the disciplines of performance studies and surveillance studies in a timely critical dialogue, Performance, Transparency, and the Cultures of Surveillance not only theorizes how surveillance performs but also how the technologies and corresponding cultures of surveillance alter the performan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harding, James Martin, 1958- (Author)
Corporate Author: Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2018]
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Introduction. All Eyes to the Street: Surveillance, Information Technologies, and the Space of Brecht's "Street Scene"
  • God's Eyes: Chapter 1. Of Sheep, Shepherds, and Oversight: Defrocking the Cultures of Surveillance; Private Eyes: Chapter 2. Surveillance Operatives: Activists, Undercover Agents, and the "New Theater"
  • Blind Eyes: Chapter 3. This Private Island: The Modern Ban-opticon from Camp X-Ray to Private Prisons
  • Electronic Eyes: Chapter 4. Outperforming Activism: Surveillance Technologies beyond the Surveillance Camera Players
  • Intro; Contents; Introduction. All Eyes to the Street: Surveillance, Information Technologies, and the Space of Brecht's "Street Scene"; God's Eyes: Chapter 1. Of Sheep, Shepherds, and Oversight: Defrocking the Cultures of Surveillance; Private Eyes: Chapter 2. Surveillance Operatives: Activists, Undercover Agents, and the "New Theater"; Blind Eyes: Chapter 3. This Private Island: The Modern Ban-opticon from Camp X-Ray to Private Prisons; Electronic Eyes: Chapter 4. Outperforming Activism: Surveillance Technologies beyond the Surveillance Camera Players
  • Downcast Eyes: Chapter 5. Data Doubles, Pepper's Ghost, and Zombie Categories: The Specters of Performance in the Bit Parts of Surveillance
  • An Eye for an Eye: Chapter 6. Envisioning Performance Postdemocracy: Creative Activism, (a Little Bit of) Damage, and Surveillance's Inevitable Products
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Downcast Eyes: Chapter 5. Data Doubles, Pepper's Ghost, and Zombie Categories: The Specters of Performance in the Bit Parts of Surveillance; An Eye for an Eye: Chapter 6. Envisioning Performance Postdemocracy: Creative Activism, (a Little Bit of) Damage, and Surveillance's Inevitable Products; Notes; Index