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A Rhetoric of Self-Injury: Establishing Identity and Representing the Body in Online Self-Injury Forums

Lawrence, Sarah M
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1605881084509116

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2020, PHD, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of English.
This project examines how appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos are employed in representing concepts of body and identity in online self-injury communities and, thereby, generate community interactions and values. The study demonstrates that statements posted by self-harmers are shared and reiterated throughout the community and help the community to develop shared meaning and support. The repetitive use of various lines of argument, manifested in rhetorical tropes also affect how individuals form ideas about identity and body and, in turn, help maintains a common understanding of identity and actions within the community.
Sara Newman (Committee Chair)
Derek Van Ittersum (Committee Member)
Moody Stephanie (Committee Member)
187 p.
Rhetoric
body; community; endoxa; ethos; identity; Internet; metaphor; rhetoric; self-harm; self-injury

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  • Lawrence, S. M. (2020). A Rhetoric of Self-Injury: Establishing Identity and Representing the Body in Online Self-Injury Forums [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1605881084509116

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lawrence, Sarah. A Rhetoric of Self-Injury: Establishing Identity and Representing the Body in Online Self-Injury Forums. 2020. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1605881084509116.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lawrence, Sarah. "A Rhetoric of Self-Injury: Establishing Identity and Representing the Body in Online Self-Injury Forums." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1605881084509116

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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