Remaking the Human: Cosmetic Technologies of Body Repair, Reshaping, and Replacement (Politics of Repair, 2)

by Alvaro Jarrín (Editor), Chiara Pussetti (Editor) The technological capacity to transform biology - repairing, reshaping and replacing body parts, chemicals and functions – is now part of our lives. Humanity is confronted with a variety of affordable and non-invasive 'enhancement technologies': anti-ageing medicine, aesthetic surgery, cognitive and sexual enhancers, lifestyle drugs, prosthetics and hormone supplements. This collection focuses on why people find these practices so seductive and provides ethnographic insights into people’s motives and aspirations as they embrace or reject enhancement technologies, which are closely entangled with negotiations over gender, class, age, nationality and ethnicity. Product Details Publisher:Berghahn Books; 1st edition (April 1, 2021) Language:English Hardcover:296 pages ISBN-10:1800730314 ISBN-13:978-1800730311 ISBN-13:9781800730311 eText ISBN: 9781800730328 Item Weight:1.23 pounds Dimensions:6 x 0.69 x 9 inches