Publication Date:
2024-03-27
Description:
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.
Keywords:
Culture
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Representation
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Biology
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Medicine
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Biocultures
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Biohacking
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Biotechnology
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Cultural Narratives
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DIY
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America
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Body
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Biopolitics
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American Studies
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Life Sciences
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Cultural Studies
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thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory
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thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues
Language:
English
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