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Publication details [#40458]

Jordan, John W. 2004. The rhetorical limits of the "plastic body". The Quarterly Journal of Speech 90 (3) : 327–358.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bodily posture | medical problem solving | power | rhetoric

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper concludes that the concept of the better 'plastic' body through plastic surgery is more based on rhetorical power than on medical technology and skill .