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Rhetorical Limitations and Possibilities of Technological Embodiment and the ‘Plastic Body:’ A Critical Analysis of Cosmetic Body Alteration and the Hymenoplasty Procedure

Boras, Scott Daniel
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1147703185

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2006, Master of Arts, Miami University, Speech Communication.
This analysis is intended to show that within the paradigm of technological embodiment scientific progress in medicine and technology have advanced to the point that the human body is no longer thought of as a fixed form void of fluidity and refashioning. Cosmetic surgery body alterations, specifically the hymenoplasty procedure, are a means by which some women (re)instate the appearance of ‘virginity.’ Within a culturally embodied framework of dominant and subservient groups, this phenomenon is constructed as a controversial practice that uses cosmetic surgery in order to deceive oppressive groups. John W. Jordan’s rhetorical phenomena that shape public understanding of the limitations and possibilities of the ‘plastic body’ (2004) will be used as a methodological guide to frame the analysis and map the critical discourse. By understanding the unique interrelationships of doctors, patients, and publics, ensuing findings that emerge from this examination will show that the hymenoplasty procedure is a discursive rhetorical function with far-reaching implications that are both empowering and disempowering to the patients who are having it done, and also effectively comment on the rhetorical foundation of technological embodiment, culture and hegemony, as well as deception.
Ben Voth (Advisor)
63 p.
Speech Communication
body; hymen; hymenoplasty; virginity; plastic body; cosmetic surgery; deception; technological embodiment

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  • Boras, S. D. (2006). Rhetorical Limitations and Possibilities of Technological Embodiment and the ‘Plastic Body:’ A Critical Analysis of Cosmetic Body Alteration and the Hymenoplasty Procedure [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1147703185

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Boras, Scott. Rhetorical Limitations and Possibilities of Technological Embodiment and the ‘Plastic Body:’ A Critical Analysis of Cosmetic Body Alteration and the Hymenoplasty Procedure. 2006. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1147703185.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Boras, Scott. "Rhetorical Limitations and Possibilities of Technological Embodiment and the ‘Plastic Body:’ A Critical Analysis of Cosmetic Body Alteration and the Hymenoplasty Procedure." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1147703185

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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