Contents
Introduction. All Eyes to the Street: Surveillance, Information Technologies, and the Space of Brecht’s “Street Scene”
God’s Eyes: Chapter 1. Of Sheep, Shepherds, and Oversight: Defrocking the Cultures of Surveillance
Private Eyes: Chapter 2. Surveillance Operatives: Activists, Undercover Agents, and the “New Theater”
Blind Eyes: Chapter 3. This Private Island: The Modern Ban-opticon from Camp X-Ray to Private Prisons
Electronic Eyes: Chapter 4. Outperforming Activism: Surveillance Technologies beyond the Surveillance Camera Players
Downcast Eyes: Chapter 5. Data Doubles, Pepper’s Ghost, and Zombie Categories: The Specters of Performance in the Bit Parts of Surveillance
An Eye for an Eye: Chapter 6. Envisioning Performance Postdemocracy: Creative Activism, (a Little Bit of) Damage, and Surveillance’s Inevitable Products
Notes
Index