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Looking Right, Looking Busy: The Vigilant Body and the Production of Performative Surveillance in Private Security

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Work and Occupations

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Abstract

Work and Occupations, Volume 53, Issue 2, Page 389-428, May 2026.
How do security guards use their bodies to produce vigilance? Complementing the scholarly interest in technological advancements in security and remote surveillance, this research examines the concept of thevigilant body—an idealized disposition where ...