Biohacking, Bodies and Do-It-Yourself: The Cultural Politics of Hacking Life Itself

By Mirjam Grewe-Salfeld

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3837660044
• ISBN13: 9783837660043
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Transcript Publishing
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.6"