Under surveillance : being watched in modern America / Randolph Lewis.
2017
TK7882.E2 L49 2017eb
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Title
Under surveillance : being watched in modern America / Randolph Lewis.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781477313800 (electronic book)
147731380X (electronic book)
9781477312438
1477312439
147731380X (electronic book)
9781477312438
1477312439
Published
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2017.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
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TK7882.E2 L49 2017eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.1/063
Summary
Taking a broad and humanistic approach, Lewis explores the growth of surveillance in surprising places, such as childhood and nature. He traces the rise of businesses designed to provide surveillance and security, including those that cater to the Bible Belt's houses of worship. And he peers into the dark side of playful surveillance, such as eBay's online guide to "Fun with Surveillance Gadgets." A worried but ultimately genial guide to this landscape, Lewis helps us see the hidden costs of living in a "control society" in which surveillance is deemed essential to governance and business alike. Written accessibly for a general audience, Under Surveillance prompts us to think deeply about what Lewis calls "the soft tissue damage" inflicted by the culture of surveillance.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Feeling surveillance
Welcome to the funopticon : the insidious pleasures of ludic surveillance
Growing up observed : surveillance and childhood
Watching Walden : surveillance in the wild
A mighty fortress is our god : selling surveillance in the Bible Belt
The business of insecurity : inside the new surveillance marketplace.
Welcome to the funopticon : the insidious pleasures of ludic surveillance
Growing up observed : surveillance and childhood
Watching Walden : surveillance in the wild
A mighty fortress is our god : selling surveillance in the Bible Belt
The business of insecurity : inside the new surveillance marketplace.