Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9783839460047
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3839460042
Series Statement:
American culture studies volume 36
Uniform Title:
Do-It-Yourself - biotechnology and the new cultural politics of life in the contemporary United States
Note:
Erscheint als Open Access bei De Gruyter
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Dissertation University of Potsdam 2020
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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
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-3-8376-6004-3
Language:
English
Subjects:
Biology
Keywords:
USA
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Biotechnologie
;
Biopolitik
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Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.1515/9783839460047
DOI:
10.14361/9783839460047
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