BIOHACKING, BODIES AND DO-IT-YOURSELF the cultural politics of hacking life itself.

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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Main Author:	GREWE-SALFELD, MIRJAM
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : TRANSCRIPT VERLAG, 2021.
Subjects:	Self-care, Health. Medical care > Technological innovations. Self Care Autothérapie. Soins médicaux > Innovations. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture. Medical care > Technological innovations Self-care, Health Electronic books.
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Summary:	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.
Physical Description:	1 online resource
ISBN:	9783839460047 3839460042