• Medientyp: E-Book
  • Titel: Biohacking, bodies and do-it-yourself : the cultural politics of hacking life itself
  • Werktitel: Do-it-yourself - biotechnology and the new cultural politics of life in the contemporary United States
  • Enthält: Frontmatter
    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
  • Beteiligte: Grewe-Salfeld, Mirjam [Verfasser:in]; Kunow, Rüdiger [Akademische:r Betreuer:in]; Priewe, Marc [Akademische:r Betreuer:in]
  • Erschienen: Bielefeld: transcript, 2022
  • Erschienen in: American culture studies ; volume 36
  • Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (314 p.)
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1515/9783839460047
  • ISBN: 9783839460047
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  • Schlagwörter: USA > Leistungssteigerung > Selbstmanagement > Biotechnologie
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  • Hochschulschrift: Dissertation, Universität Potsdam, 2020
  • Anmerkungen: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 291-311
    In English
  • Beschreibung: 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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