{"product_id":"the-art-of-identification-9780271090573","title":"The Art of Identification","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA multidisciplinary collection of essays exploring current scholarship on the history of human identification. Examines how techniques of identification are entangled within a wider sphere of cultural identity formation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“While there is now a growing literature on identification, there is no volume, as far as I know, so firmly rooted in literary studies, as compared to historical approaches. \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Identification\u003c\/i\u003e makes a significant, original, and novel contribution to the literature.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Simon Cole,author of \u003ci\u003eSuspect Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In a world increasingly dominated by technological forms of human surveillance, identification, and profiling, it is ever more important to examine how such processes affect how we feel and understand ourselves and others. The exciting essays in \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Identification \u003c\/i\u003eare a signal contribution to this task. The collection will fascinate humanities scholars, scientists, and AI ethicists alike.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Edward Higgs,author of \u003ci\u003eIdentifying the English: A History of Personal Identification 1500 to the Present\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRex Ferguson, Melissa M. Littlefield, and James Pardon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Genres of Identification\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Charming Faces and the Problem of Identification\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatt Houlbrook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Identity Noir\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Pardon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. “The Ghosts of Individual Peculiarities”: Murder and Interpretation in Dickens\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Mangham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. “A Puzzle of Character”: Francis Iles and Narratives of Criminality in the 1930s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVictoria Stewart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: The Body Captured\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. The Art of Identification: The Skeleton and Human Identity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebecca Gowland and Tim Thompson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Becoming More Biological: Ruth Ozeki and the Postgenomic Ethnoracial Novel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatricia E. Chu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Identification Made Visible: Photographic Evidence and Russell Williams\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonathan Finn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Surveillant Technologies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. The Face in the Biometric Passport\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiv Hausken\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. The Bourne Identification\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRex Ferguson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Identification and the “Intelligent City”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDorothy Butchard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Jennifer Egan and the Database\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRob Lederer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400815419735,"sku":"9780271090573","price":89.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271090573.jpg?v=1730471641","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-art-of-identification-9780271090573","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}