Biohacking, bodies and do-it-yourself : : the cultural politics of hacking life itself / / Mirjam Grewe-Salfeld.
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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Grewe-Salfeld, Mirjam, author. Biohacking, bodies and do-it-yourself : the cultural politics of hacking life itself / Mirjam Grewe-Salfeld. 1st ed. Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2021 Bielefeld, Germany : transcript Verlag, [2022] 1 online resource (314 p.) 233 MB text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier American Culture Studies 36 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. 1\u Mirjam Grewe-Salfeld, born in 1991, is a researcher in literary- and cultural studies. She received her PhD from the Department of American Studies at Universität Potsdam. Her research interests include the cultural representation and history of medicine, body studies and biotechnology. Doctoral Thesis Universität Potsdam 2020 Open access Unrestricted online access star Cover -- Contents -- Preface: Amidst a Global Pandemic -- PART I: INTRODUCTIONS -- 1 Introduction: Biotechnologies, Bodies and Biomakers -- 2 Biology and Culture - an Overview of the Field -- PART II: BACKGROUND -- 3 The Promise of Small Things - The Cultural Presence of (Molecular) Biology -- 4 With my Own two Hands - Tracing DIY from Individualism to Maker Culture -- PART III: 'HACKING' LIFE ITSELF -- 5 'Hacking' Life Itself - In Pursuit of a Definition -- 6 #iambulletproof - A Layperson's Guide to Self-Enhancement -- 7 A Pill for Every Ill - Drugs and Supplements -- 8 Test Yourself - Making the Invisible Visible -- 9 Homo Technologicus? - The Technological Self, Inside Out -- 10 "The Human Need to Fiddle" - Tinkering with Technology -- PART IV: REFLECTIONS -- 11 Discussing DIY -- 12 Conclusion: Between Politics and Promise -- Works Cited. This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy Description based on print version record. English Self-care, Health. Culture Representation Biology Medicine Biocultures Biohacking Biotechnology Cultural Narratives DIY America Body Biopolitics American Studies Life Sciences Cultural Studies 3-8376-6004-4 American Culture Studies |
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