Emily Greenbank

List of John Benjamins publications in which Emily Greenbank is involved.

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Discursive Navigation of Employable Identities in the Narratives of Former Refugees

Emily Greenbank

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 &… read more

[Studies in Narrative, 27] 2020. x, 228 pp.

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Greenbank, Emily 2024 Employable identities: Social and cultural capital in the narratives of former refugees Narrative Inquiry 34:1, pp. 106–133 | Article

Navigating the labour market in a new context can be a challenge for any migrant, and particularly so for former refugees, who are often unable to find employment appropriate for their qualification and experience levels. This study takes an Interactional Sociolinguistic approach to exploring… read more