Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS QR0xA389. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. One aspect of the development of a health-orientated consumer culture is the growth of self-screening and self-diagnosis among the lay public-e.g. over-the-counter diagnostic tests, computerized health assessments, DIY genetic tests. This trend is interpreted as the expression of a distinctively postmodern utopian'impulse. Postmodernity's inwardly directed gaze has replaced the communitarian vision of modernity. In the absence of overarching visions, the postmodern utopian telos becomes the attainment of a perfect, imperishable body. Somatopia is the collective expression of these privatized and personalized body projects, The accomplishment and authentication of these body projects necessitates the creation of a transparent body'This transparent body'is enabled and constructed by developments in information and medical technologies. The political and health implications of the transparent, informed'body are explored.
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