Jorgensen-Earp, Cheryl R.

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ERIC Number: EJ359054

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1987

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"Toys of Desperation"--Suicide as Protest Rhetoric.

Jorgensen-Earp, Cheryl R.

Southern Speech Communication Journal, v53 n1 p80-96 Fall 1987

Examines the act of protest suicide as a form of rhetoric, and studies three representative cases of protest suicide for insight into the act. Claims that viewing protest suicide as a form of "symbolic inducement," reveals it to be a rhetorical act whose motivation, form, and impact can be understood. (SKC)

Descriptors: Activism, Communication Research, Rhetoric, Speech Communication, Suicide, Symbolism

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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