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

Grewe-Salfeld, Mirjam

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%T Biohacking, Bodies and Do-It-Yourself: The Cultural Politics of Hacking Life Itself
%A Grewe-Salfeld, Mirjam
%P 311
%V 36
%D 2021
%I transcript Verlag
%K Biocultures; Biohacking; Cultural Narratives; DIY; America; American Studies; Cultural Studies
%@ 2747-4380
%@ 978-3-8394-6004-7
%~ transcript Verlag
%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-89732-4
%U https://www.transcript-verlag.de/shopMedia/openaccess/pdf/oa9783839460047.pdf
%X 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.
%C DEU
%C Bielefeld
%G en
%9 Dissertation
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%~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info