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oapen-20.500.12657-520682022-01-25T10:57:14Z Biohacking, Bodies and Do-It-Yourself Grewe-Salfeld, Mirjam Culture Representation Biology Medicine Biocultures Biohacking Biotechnology Cultural Narratives DIY America Body Biopolitics American Studies Life Sciences Cultural Studies bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies::DS Literature: history & criticism::DSB Literary studies: general bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPA Political science & theory bic Book Industry Communication::M Medicine::MB Medicine: general issues 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. 2021-12-17T17:42:33Z 2021-12-17T17:42:33Z 2021 book ONIX_20211217_9783839460047_2 9783839460047 9783837660043 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/52068 eng American Culture Studies application/pdf Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International 9783839460047.pdf transcript Verlag transcript Verlag 10.14361/9783839460047 10.14361/9783839460047 b30a6210-768f-42e6-bb84-0e6306590b5c 9783839460047 9783837660043 transcript Verlag 36 314 Bielefeld open access
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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.
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