The performance and culture of airport security rachel hall characterizes post 9 11 airport security practices as operating under the aesthetics of transparency which requires passengers to perform innocence and be open to inspection those who cannot are deemed opaque and presumed to be a threat travelers are no longer innocent until proven guilty they are guilty until proven . The transparent traveler the performance and culture of airport security by rachel hall durham nc duke university press 2015 240 pp illustrations 8495 cloth 2395 paper e book available. Start by marking the transparent traveler the performance and culture of airport security as want to read start your review of the transparent traveler the performance and culture of airport security write a review feb 24 2016 duke press added it shelves cultural studies globalization border studies performance studies political theory public policy travel rachel hall . The transparent traveler the performance and culture of airport security introduction