July 2019
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Rhetoric of Health & Medicine
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July 2019
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59 Reads
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11 Citations
Rhetoric of Health & Medicine
... Alongside Julia's, I review several other public ostomy stories that have been accused of spreading stigma. I argue that one thing these stories share is the way they draw on experiences with leaks and disability to stage the ostomy as a worst-case scenario or last resort and, in so doing, precipitate a visceral public audience (Johnson, 2016;Winderman et al., 2019) and propagate stigma. Moreover, this chapter extends current RHM theorization of stigma by showing how stigma can actually enhance rhetorical credibility when stories and experiences align with pre-existing stigma. ...
July 2019
Rhetoric of Health & Medicine