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| Body Image | 1 |
| Clothing | 1 |
| Heroin | 1 |
| Persuasive Discourse | 1 |
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| Argumentation and Advocacy | 1 |
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| Harold, Christine L. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedHarold, Christine L. – Argumentation and Advocacy, 1999
Discusses how a recent fashion trend known as "heroin chic" challenges conventional modes of argumentation. Considers how its popularization of abject, emaciated bodies presents an alternative to a logic of rationalism that grounds traditional argumentation. Discusses how by foregrounding corporeal performativity as a form of argument,…
Descriptors: Body Image, Clothing, Heroin, Persuasive Discourse
