The Performance of Security as a Site of Biopolitical Struggle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2408685 |
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| Authors | Polly Sylvia (Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN, USA) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 451-459 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1532-7086 • E-ISSN: 1552-356X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1532708614541889 |
| OpenAlex | W2313527622 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
The 'If You See Something, Say Something' campaign was and is a performance of security. It is a campaign that attempts to shape what commuters see and respond to. It is a campaign that attempts to shape ideas concerning security; but, more importantly, it is a campaign which requires bodies to perform the notions of security that it is attempting to define, redefine, and/or, in a Foucaultian sense, normalize. Based on my research, this article will explore this particular performance of security as a site of biopolitics. In the logic of security that this campaign performs, how do bodies respond to it? How do they incorporate that logic into their own movement? How do they challenge it? What does the movement of this campaign and the bodies that move along with it suggest for current debates within biopolitics regarding security? These are the questions that this article will seek to explore
Aesthetics · Biopower · Cloud computing security · Critical security studies · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Movement (music · Network security policy · Political science · Politics · Security studies · Sociology · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Global Security and Public Health · Political Theology and Sovereignty · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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