Transhumanisms and biotechnologies in consumer society. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jennifer Takhar, Rika Houston, Nikhilesh Dholakia.
• Editors: Takhar, Jennifer; Houston, Rika; Dholakia, Nikhilesh, 1947-
• Contents: Introduction: Live very long and prosper? Transhumanist visions and ambitions in 2021 and beyond… Jennifer Takhar, H. Rika Houston and Nikhilesh Dholakia 1. Transhumanism in speculative fiction Russell Belk 2. An IVF survivor unravels fertility industry narratives Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos 3. IVF survivorship, the IVF memoir and reproductive activism Jennifer Takhar 4. Social inequalities, reproductive bodies, and technological interventions Rene Almeling 5. Perfecting or selecting? When ‘kinds of children’ are the objective Ayo Wahlberg 6. The Promethean biohacker: on consumer biohacking as a labour of love Vitor M. Lima, Luís A. Pessôa and Russell W. Belk 7. Reproduction as consumption: unravelling the sociological shaping of reproductive tourism market in China I-Chieh Michelle Yang, Aminath Shaba Ismail and Juliana Angeline French 8. Dead metaphors and responsibilised bodies-in-transition: the implications of medical metaphors for understanding the consumption of preventative healthcare Mohammed Cheded, Chihling Liu and Gillian Hopkinson 9. Wearable technologies, brand community and the growth of a transhumanist vision Duygu Akdevelioglu, Sean Hansen and Alladi Venkatesh
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 658.834301; Consumer behavior -- Philosophy; Biotechnology industries -- Philosophy; Transhumanism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000789065; 9781000789003; 9781003295594
• Related ISBNs: 9781032281735
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