TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grewe-Salfeld,Mirjam
TI  - Biohacking, Bodies and Do-It-Yourself: The Cultural Politics of Hacking Life Itself 
T2  - American Culture Studies
SN  - 9783839460047
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Bielefeld : 
PB  - transcript Verlag, 
KW  - America
KW  - American Studies
KW  - Biocultures
KW  - Biohacking
KW  - Biology
KW  - Biopolitics
KW  - Biotechnology
KW  - Body
KW  - Cultural Narratives
KW  - Cultural Studies
KW  - DIY
KW  - Life Sciences
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Representation
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; Open Access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839460047?locatt=mode:legacy
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