BIOHACKING, BODIES AND DO-IT-YOURSELF : the cultural politics of hacking life itself.
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Author / Creator: | GREWE-SALFELD, MIRJAM. |
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Imprint: | [S.l.] : TRANSCRIPT VERLAG, 2021. |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12942681 |
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. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
ISBN: | 9783839460047 3839460042 3837660044 9783837660043 |