Mirjam Grewe-Salfeld
Mirjam Grewe-Salfeld, born in 1991, is a researcher in literary and cultural studies. She received her PhD from the Department of American Studies at Universität Potsdam. Her research interests include the cultural representation and history of medicine, body studies and biotechnology.
transcript-Publications in the Research Fields: Cultural Studies, Cultural Theory, Sociology, Sociology of Gender and the Body
Publications in the Series: American Culture Studies
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Biohacking, Bodies and Do-It-Yourself
The Cultural Politics of Hacking Life Itself
How do biology and culture interact? This book provides an extensive cultural analysis of biohacking and Do-it-yourself medicine.
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Biohacking, Bodies and Do-It-Yourself
Frontmatter
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Contents
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Preface: Amidst a Global Pandemic
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1 Introduction: Biotechnologies, Bodies and Biomakers
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2 Biology and Culture – an Overview of the Field
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3 The Promise of Small Things – The Cultural Presence of (Molecular) Biology
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4 With my Own two Hands – Tracing DIY from Individualism to Maker Culture
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5 'Hacking' Life Itself – In Pursuit of a Definition
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6 -U+2013-# A Layperson's Guide to Self-Enhancement
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7 A Pill for Every Ill – Drugs and Supplements
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8 Test Yourself – Making the Invisible Visible
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9 Homo Technologicus? – The Technological Self, Inside Out
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10 "The Human Need to Fiddle" – Tinkering with Technology
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11 Discussing DIY
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12 Conclusion: Between Politics and Promise
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Works Cited
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Embodied Narration
Growing Bodies: Narrating Death and Sexuality in Contemporary Young Adult Fiction
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