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Biohacking, Bodies and Do-It-Yourself The Cultural Politics of Hacking Life Itself Mirjam Grewe-Salfeld
- Format:
- Book
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Grewe-Salfeld, Mirjam <p>Mirjam Grewe-Salfeld, Universität Potsdam, Deutschland</p>, Author.
- Series:
- American Culture Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Culture.
- Representation.
- Biology.
- Medicine.
- Biocultures.
- Biohacking.
- Biotechnology.
- Cultural Narratives.
- DIY.
- America.
- Body.
- Biopolitics.
- American Studies.
- Life Sciences.
- Cultural Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- Culture.
- Representation.
- Biology.
- Medicine.
- Biocultures.
- Biohacking.
- Biotechnology.
- Cultural Narratives.
- DIY.
- America.
- Body.
- Biopolitics.
- American Studies.
- Life Sciences.
- Cultural Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (314 p.) 233 MB
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Grewe-Salfeld, Biohacking, Bodies and Do-It-Yourself The Cultural Politics of Hacking Life Itself
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2021
- Language Note:
- English
- Biography/History:
- Mirjam Grewe-Salfeld, born in 1991, is a researcher in literary- and cultural studies. She received her PhD from the Department of American Studies at Universität Potsdam. Her research interests include the cultural representation and history of medicine, body studies and biotechnology.
- 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.
- Contents:
- Cover
- 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.
- Notes:
- Doctoral Thesis Universität Potsdam 2020
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy
- ISBN:
- 9783839460047
- 3839460042
- Publisher Number:
- 9783839460047
- Access Restriction:
- Open access Unrestricted online access
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