Discursive Navigation of Employable Identities in the Narratives of Former Refugees
| Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Incorporating both interview and workplace data, this book examines the discursive and social challenges that former refugees encounter as they navigate successes and failures in the New Zealand labour market. Over five chapters of microlevel discourse analysis – drawing on Bamberg & Georgakopoulou’s (2008) positioning, and interactional sociolinguistic literature – themes emerge of narrative, social and cultural capital (Bourdieu, 1986), linguistic agency, and wider capital-D Discourses (Gee, 1990) surrounding refugeehood. Of particular interest in this study is the inclusion of a longitudinal study of former refugees’ trajectories in the labour market, and the combination of both interview and authentic workplace interactional data, providing rich insight into the multiple and ongoing challenges new arrivals face in their negotiation of employability. This book will be of interest to those engaged in research around migration (particularly those focused on forced migration), employment, language and identity, and narrative identity.
[Studies in Narrative, 27] 2020. x, 228 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction and aims
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1–12
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Chapter 2. Theoretical and conceptual framework
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13–34
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Chapter 3. Methodology
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35–54
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Chapter 4. Participants
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55–59
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Chapter 5. Identity in narrative
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61–80
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Chapter 6. Navigating structure and agency
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81–101
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Chapter 7. Social and cultural capital
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103–121
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Chapter 8. A longitudinal exploration of employable identity negotiation
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123–146
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Chapter 9. Negotiating an employable identity in the workplace
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147–168
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Chapter 10. Discussion
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169–183
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Chapter 11. Conclusion
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185–195
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References
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197–225
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Index
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227–228
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Subjects
BIC Subject: CFG – Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis
BISAC Subject: LAN009030 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics