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.
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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