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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 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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American Culture Studies: Biohacking, Bodies and Do-It-Yourself, Mirjam Grewe-Salfeld
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- Released
- 2021
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- Title
- American Culture Studies: Biohacking, Bodies and Do-It-Yourself
- Subtitle
- The Cultural Politics of Hacking Life Itself
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mirjam Grewe-Salfeld
- Publisher
- transcript publishing
- Released
- 2021
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 314
- ISBN10
- 3837660044
- ISBN13
- 9783837660043
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, Business, Business & Management, Technology & Engineering, Science & Math, Political Science & Politics, Natural sciences, Philosophical Topics, Literary Studies, Art, Biology, Computers & Internet, Economics, American Literature, Technology, Design, Education & School System, Sociology, Medicine, Culture and Society, Anthropology, Literary Criticism, America, Culture, Political Theories, Ethics, Gender, Popular Culture, Media and Media Communication, Social History, Humanities, Pharmacology, Body, Theory of Art, Decorative Arts, Pharmacy, Social Aspects, History of Medicine, Homemade Production and DIY, Biotechnology
- Description
- 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.