Nelly Oudshoorn 
Resilient Cyborgs [PDF ebook] 
Living and Dying with Pacemakers and Defibrillators

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This book examines how pacemakers and defibrillators participate in transforming life and death in high-tech societies. In both popular and medical accounts, these internal devices are often portrayed as almost magical technologies. Once implanted in bodies, they do not require any ‘user’ agency. In this unique and timely book, Nelly Oudshoorn argues that any discourse or policy assuming a passive role for people living with these implants silences the fact that keeping cyborg bod...

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Part I Introduction: Theorizing the Resilience of Hybrid Bodies.- 1. Rematerializing the Cyborg: Understanding the Agency of People Living with Technologies in...

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About the author

Nelly Oudshoorn is Professor Emerita of Technology Dynamics and Healthcare at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. She is the author of several award winning ...

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 350 ● ISBN 9789811525292 ● File size 4.1 MB ● Publisher Springer Singapore ● City Singapore ● Country SG ● Published 2020 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 7419740 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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