Rhetoric of Official Apologies

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

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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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 549g
• ISBN-13: 9781793621801
• ISBN-10: 1793621802
• Artikelnr.: 59963214

Autorenporträt

Lisa S. Villadsen is professor of rhetoric and head of the Section of Rhetoric in the Department of Communication at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Jason A. Edwards is professor and chair of communication studies at Bridgewater State University.

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 T