The Rhetoric of Official Apologies

Critical Essays
Herausgeber: Edwards, Jason A.; Villadsen, Lisa S.

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Produktbeschreibung

This book discusses the controversial phenomenon of official apologies through a series of critical essays. Contributors rhetorically analyze a range of apologies in their particular context and gauge the promises and pitfalls of official apologies as political statements.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 551g
• ISBN-13: 9781793621801
• ISBN-10: 1793621802
• Artikelnr.: 59963214

Autorenporträt

Edited by Lisa S. Villadsen and Jason A. Edwards - Contributions by Jeffrey D. Brand; Kundai Chirindo; Kevin Coe; Jeremy Cox; M. Shivaun Corry; Claudia Janssen Danyi; Jason A. Edwards; Jasper Edwards; Adam Ellwanger; Tiara K. Good; Marita Gronnvoll; John

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Lisa S. Villadsen and Jason A. Edwards
Chapter 1
"Theorizing Collective Metanoia: Apology, the Penitent Self, and the
Penitent State"
Adam Ellwanger
Chapter 2
"'It May Seem Strange': When Presidents Apologize for Genocide"
Bradley A. Serber
Chapter 3
"Audiences and the Normative Dimensions of Official Apologies"
Kevin Coe
Chapter 4
"Between Sovereignty and Vulnerability: Reconciliation, Reparation, and
Vexed Agency in Resolutions Apologizing for Slavery"
John B. Hatch
Chapter 5
"Apology Infinitum: Colonialism And The Need For Repeated Apologies For
Canadian Aboriginal Boarding Schools"
M. Shivaun Corry
Chapter 6
"Corporate Apologies for Slavery: Opportunities for the Rhetoric of History
and Renewal"
Jeffrey D. Brand
Chapter 7
"The Heavy Heart of a Soldier: Apology as Resistance"
Claudia Janssen Danyi and Marita Gronvoll
Chapter 8
"Exceptional Histories and Obscure Gestures: The United States Government's
Official Apology to Native Peoples"
Jeremy Cox and Tiara Good
Chapter 9
"Re-imagining Rhetorical Reconciliation in Australian Public Address"
Kundai Chirindo and Jasper Edwards
Afterword
Jason A. Edwards and Lisa S. Villadsen
About the Contributors