Dark Matters

Simone Browne

Published by Duke University Press 2015

Dark Matters

On the Surveillance of Blackness

Simone Browne

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822375302

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About this book

Simone Browne shows how racial ideologies and the long history of policing black bodies under transatlantic slavery structure contemporary surveillance technologies and practices. Analyzing a wide array of archival and contemporary texts, she demonstrates how surveillance reifies boundaries, borders, and bodies around racial lines.

Author information

Simone Browne is Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction, and Other Dark Matters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Notes on Surveillance Studies Through the Door of No Return Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
2 “Everybody’s Got a Little Light under the Sun” The Making of the Book of Negroes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
3 B®anding Blackness Biometric Technology and the Surveillance of Blackness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
4 “What Did TSA Find in Solange’s Fro”? Security Theater at the Airport Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Epilogue: When Blackness Enters the Frame Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Illustrations
- Other: 20 illustrations
Keywords: Lora Romero prize; Romero Winner; McGannon Award Winner; Surveillance Studies Network book award

eBook

Published: September 17, 2015
ISBN: 9780822375302