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Biohacking, Bodies and Do-It-Yourself

The Cultural Politics of Hacking Life Itself

Mirjam Grewe-Salfeld author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Transcript Verlag

Published:27th Dec '21

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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.

ISBN: 9783837660043

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314 pages