The transparent traveler the performance and culture of airport security introduction. 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. Download citation on jun 1 2017 justine shih pearson published the transparent traveler the performance and culture of airport security the transparent traveler the performance and culture . In the transparent traveler rachel hall explains how the familiar routines of airport security choreograph passenger behavior to create submissive and docile travelers the cultural performance of contemporary security practices mobilizes what hall calls the aesthetics of transparency to appear transparent a passenger must perform innocence and display a willingness to open their body to routine inspection and analysis those who cannot whether because of race immigration and