04040oam 2200877 c 450 991051370410332120251102090541.0978383946004738394600429783839460047(CKB)5590000000630344(transcript Verlag)9783839460047(MiAaPQ)EBC6956400(Au-PeEL)EBL6956400(DE-B1597)590651(DE-B1597)9783839460047(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/75026(ScCtBLL)dc36f5c7-8a44-426f-a6a1-ec699b5cd9ef(oapen)doab75026(EXLCZ)99559000000063034420251102d2021 uy 0engurnnunnnannuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBiohacking, Bodies and Do-It-YourselfThe Cultural Politics of Hacking Life ItselfMirjam Grewe-Salfeld1st ed.Bielefeldtranscript Verlag20211 online resource (314 p.)233 MBAmerican Culture Studies9783837660043 3837660044 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.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.American Culture StudiesGrewe-Salfeld, Biohacking, Bodies and Do-It-YourselfThe Cultural Politics of Hacking Life ItselfCultureRepresentationBiologyMedicineBioculturesBiohackingBiotechnologyCultural NarrativesDIYAmericaBodyBiopoliticsAmerican StudiesLife SciencesCultural StudiesCultureRepresentationBiologyMedicineBioculturesBiohackingBiotechnologyCultural NarrativesDIYAmericaBodyBiopoliticsAmerican StudiesLife SciencesCultural Studies613Grewe-Salfeld Mirjam<p>Mirjam Grewe-Salfeld, Universität Potsdam, Deutschland</p>aut1855406MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910513704103321Biohacking, Bodies and Do-It-Yourself4453551UNINA