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BIOHACKING, BODIES AND DO-IT-YOURSELF the cultural politics of hacking life itself.

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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: GREWE-SALFELD, MIRJAM
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [S.l.] : TRANSCRIPT VERLAG, 2021.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:9783839460047
3839460042