Biohacking, Bodies and Do-It-Yourself
The Cultural Politics of Hacking Life Itself
dc.contributor.author | Grewe-Salfeld, Mirjam | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-17T17:42:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-12-17T17:42:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier | ONIX_20211217_9783839460047_2 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/52068 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | American Culture Studies | |
dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general | en_US |
dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory | en_US |
dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Culture | |
dc.subject.other | Representation | |
dc.subject.other | Biology | |
dc.subject.other | Medicine | |
dc.subject.other | Biocultures | |
dc.subject.other | Biohacking | |
dc.subject.other | Biotechnology | |
dc.subject.other | Cultural Narratives | |
dc.subject.other | DIY | |
dc.subject.other | America | |
dc.subject.other | Body | |
dc.subject.other | Biopolitics | |
dc.subject.other | American Studies | |
dc.subject.other | Life Sciences | |
dc.subject.other | Cultural Studies | |
dc.title | Biohacking, Bodies and Do-It-Yourself | |
dc.title.alternative | The Cultural Politics of Hacking Life Itself | |
dc.type | book | |
oapen.identifier.doi | 10.14361/9783839460047 | |
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy | b30a6210-768f-42e6-bb84-0e6306590b5c | |
oapen.relation.isbn | 9783839460047 | |
oapen.relation.isbn | 9783837660043 | |
oapen.imprint | transcript Verlag | |
oapen.series.number | 36 | |
oapen.pages | 314 | |
oapen.place.publication | Bielefeld |