Identification practices in twentieth-century fiction /

The task of identifying the individual has given rise to a number of technical innovations, including fingerprint analysis and DNA profiling. A range of methods have also been created for storing and classifying people's identities, such as identity cards and digital records. Identification Pra...

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Main Author: Ferguson, Rex, 1977- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Impressions: Conrad's and Freud's Fingerprints
  • Registrations: Bowen's and Greene's Identity Cards
  • Secretions: Ballard's DNA
  • Applications: DeLillo's and Egan's Digital Doubles
  • Conclusion: Identifying Mr. Ripley.