Biohacking, Bodies and Do-It-Yourself The Cultural Politics of Hacking Life Itself

Biohacking, Bodies and Do-It-Yourself The Cultural Politics of Hacking Life Itself

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From self-help books and nootropics, to self-tracking and home health tests, to the tinkering with technology and biological particles - biohacking brings biology, medicine, and the material foundation of life into the sphere of »do-it-yourself«. This trend has the potential to fundamentally change...

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Main Author: Grewe-Salfeld, Mirjam (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2021
Series:American Culture Studies 36
Subjects:
Literary studies: general
Political science & theory
Medicine: general issues
Culture
Representation
Biology
Medicine
Biocultures
Biohacking
Biotechnology
Cultural Narratives
DIY
America
Body
Biopolitics
American Studies
Life Sciences
Cultural Studies
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Summary:From self-help books and nootropics, to self-tracking and home health tests, to the tinkering with technology and biological particles - biohacking brings biology, medicine, and the material foundation of life into the sphere of »do-it-yourself«. This trend has the potential to fundamentally change people's relationship with their bodies and biology but it also creates new cultural narratives of responsibility, authority, and differentiation. Covering a broad range of examples, this book explores practices and representations of biohacking in popular culture, discussing their ambiguous position between empowerment and requirement, promise and prescription.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (314 p.)
ISBN:9783839460047
9783837660043
Access:Open Access

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