Publications

Publication details [#51662]

Hastie, Brianne. 2009. ‘Excusing the inexcusable’: justifying injustice in Nelson’s Sorry speech. Discourse & Society 20 (6) : 705–725.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

apologizing | colonialism | disadvantage | discourse strategy | political discussion

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper discusses how Australia’s Opposition Leader, Nelson, uses various discursive strategies in his Sorry Speech, permitting him to be seen to apologize, whilst simultaneously motiving the past and present wronging of indigenous peoples.