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Biohacking, Bodies and Do-It-Yourself
Mirjam Grewe-Salfeld
2021
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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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Keywords
- America
- American Studies
- Biocultures
- Biohacking
- Biology
- Biopolitics
- Biotechnology
- body
- Cultural Narratives
- Cultural Studies
- Culture
- DIY
- Life sciences
- Literary studies: general
- Literature & literary studies
- Literature: history & criticism
- medicine
- Medicine: General Issues
- Political Science & Theory
- Politics & government
- Representation
- Society & Social Sciences
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DOI: 10.14361/9783839460047Editions