The quantified self : a sociology of self-tracking / Deborah Lupton.

  • Lupton, Deborah
Date:
2016
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About this work

Publication/Creation

Cambridge, UK : Polity, 2016.

Physical description

viii, 183 pages ; 22 cm

Contents

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- "Know thyself" : self-tracking technologies and practices -- "New hybrid beings" : theoretical perspectives -- "An optimal human being" : the body and self in self-tracking cultures -- "You are your data" : personal data meanings, practices and materialisations -- "Data's capacity for betrayal" : personal data politics -- Final reflections -- References -- Index.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-169) and index.

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    History of Medicine
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ISBN

  • 9781509500598
  • 1509500596
  • 9781509500604
  • 150950060X