Elusive Subjects: Immigrant Recognition and Legitimation in Modern Surveillance States

by Mary McThomas

Book Overview

In this book, Mary McThomas examines how individuals can claim their own subjecthood while still evading the identity-forming powers of state surveillance.　

Building on post-colonial theories, Queer theories, and surveillance studies, McThomas analyzes how the creation of categories and identities can serve as a form of control or, conversely, can be used as a form of resistance. In doing so, she discusses ways in which state power...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032213205
• ISBN13: 9781032213200
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"