1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910795613203321

Autore

Redden Shawna Malvini

Titolo

101 pat-downs : an undercover look at airport security and the TSA / / Shawna Malvini Redden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, Nebraska : , : Potomac Books, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

1-64012-362-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

363.28/760973

Soggetti

Aeronautics, Commercial - Security measures

Airports - Employees - Safety measures

Aeronautics, Commercial - Passenger traffic - Security measures

Terrorism - Prevention

Airports - Security measures

Airports - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-262) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Going undercover in airport security -- From the Golden Age of flying to security theatre in ninety days flat: How September 11, 2001, changed airport security forever -- "My House, My Rules": On stereotypical transportation security officers -- Fear and loathing in airport security: On stereotypical passengers -- Is that a salami in your purse? (Or are you happy to see me?): On contraband confiscation -- "One Shoe, Two Shoes, Red Shoes, Blue Shoes": On shoe removal -- No crying over stolen shampoo: On liquids and gels -- Naked scanners are for perverts: On advanced imaging technology -- Meeting resistance: On enhanced pat-downs -- Risk-based security and other things that are good in theory -- Even pilots have pat-downs, sometimes: Flight crew tales -- On the front lines with "Screener Joe": On ideal transportation security officers -- Lemmings and sheeple: On ideal passengers -- Nice TSOs finish last: On mindful transportation security officers -- The traveling unicorn: On mindful passengers -- Traveling with identity baggage: How intersecting identities make security more difficult -- Conclusion: What an undercover look at airport security



reveals about communication, emotion, and identity.

Sommario/riassunto

"101 Pat-Downs traces the history of airport security since September 11, 2001, introducing assorted "characters" of airport security, from passengers who check their brains with their baggage to TSA agents who break the stereotypes"--

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910305545403321

Autore

Hooks Bell

Titolo

Where we stand : class matters / / Bell Hooks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2000

ISBN

9786610316939

9781138328952

1138328952

9781135956639

1135956634

9780203906347

0203906349

9781280316937

1280316934

9781135956646

1135956642

9780203905104

0203905105

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 pages)

Disciplina

305.5/0973

Soggetti

Social classes - United States

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

where we stand: CLASS MATTERS; Copyright; Contents; preface where we stand; introduction Class Matters; 1 Making the Personal Political



Class in the Family; 2 Coming to Class Consciousness; 3 Class and the Politics of Living Simply; 4 Money Hungry; 5 The Politics of Greed; 6 Being Rich; 7 The Me-Me Class The Young and the Ruthless; 8 Class and Race The New Black Elite; 9 Feminism and Class Power; 10 White Poverty The Politics of Invisibility; 11 Solidarity with the Poor; 12 Class Claims Real Estate Racism; 13 Crossing Class Boundaries; 14 Living without Class Hierarchy

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on both her roots in Kentucky and her adventures with Manhattan Coop boards, Where We Stand is a successful black woman's reflection--personal, straight forward, and rigorously honest--on how our dilemmas of class and race are intertwined, and how we can find ways to think beyond them.