In the preface to Feminist Surveillance, Mark Andrejevic argues: 'if in the physical environment the pressing issue of the next several decades is likely to be the dramatic transformation of the global climate, in the social realm, the main issue will be the shifting surveillance climate.' This Element outlines this emerging climate by articulating a subgenre that may be termed 'Surveillance Noir.' Surveillance Noir traces the effects of living in a world where individuals are judged through their data, which is continually and often invisibly collected, interpreted, and redistributed throughout a network. This installment examines these effects by exploring the relationship between contemporary fiction - including The Candy House, Against a Loveless World and Shadow Ticket - and developments in international politics. Specifically, it considers the impact of surveillance regimes on the bodies of women and minority groups, as well as the broader threat that surveillance technologies pose to individual agency.
| ISBN: | 9781009439114 |
| Publication date: | 30th June 2026 |
| Author: | David Riddle Watson |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 75 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Elements. Elements in Crime Narratives |
| Genres: |
Control, privacy and safety in society Causes and prevention of crime Organized crime Political oppression and persecution Information warfare / Cyberwarfare Crime and criminology Dystopian and utopian fiction |
In the preface to Feminist Surveillance, Mark Andrejevic argues: 'if in the physical environment the pressing issue of the next several decades is likely to be the dramatic transformation of the global climate, in the social realm, the main issue will be the shifting surveillance climate.' This Element outlines this emerging climate by articulating a subgenre that may be termed 'Surveillance Noir.' Surveillance Noir traces the effects of living in a world where individuals are judged through their data, which is continually and often invisibly collected, interpreted, and redistributed throughout a network. This installment examines these effects by exploring the relationship between contemporary fiction - including The Candy House, Against a Loveless World and Shadow Ticket - and developments in international politics. Specifically, it considers the impact of surveillance regimes on the bodies of women and minority groups, as well as the broader threat that surveillance technologies pose to individual agency.
Surveillance Noir features in the following genres: Control, privacy and safety in society, Causes and prevention of crime, Organized crime, Political oppression and persecution, Information warfare / Cyberwarfare, Crime and criminology, Dystopian and utopian fiction
Surveillance Noir is available in Paperback, Hardback
Surveillance Noir was written by David Riddle Watson and published by Cambridge University Press
Surveillance Noir has 75 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Elements. Elements in Crime Narratives series
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