In:Discursive Navigation of Employable Identities in the Narratives of Former Refugees
Emily Greenbank
[Studies in Narrative 27] 2020
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Published online: 8 June 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/sin.27.toc
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Table of contents
Chapter 1.Introduction and aims1
Research motivations1
Research context: Refugees and resettlement2
Employment challenges5
Conceptualising employable identity6
Problematising employability7
Employable identity9
Book overview10
Summary12
Chapter 2.Theoretical and conceptual framework13
Introduction13
Identity13
Social constructionism15
Intersectionality16
Identity in narrative17
Agency (and structure)18
Social and cultural capital21
(Capital-D) Discourses24
Discourses surrounding refugeehood26
Interactional Sociolinguistics28
Cross-cultural contexts29
Roots of Interactional Sociolinguistics30
Contextualisation cues and conversational inference31
Doing Interactional Sociolinguistics32
Summary33
Chapter 3.Methodology35
Introduction35
Implications of the refugee context for methodological design35
Ethnographic approaches37
Drawing on critical ethnography39
Ethics40
Participant recruitment41
Data collection42
Interviews42
Conducting interviews44
Collecting workplace data44
Gaining access46
Consent and data collection47
Transcription48
Analysis49
Impact of interview language choice49
Approach to analysis51
Analysis illustration52
Conclusion54
Chapter 4.Participants55
Introduction55
Kelly55
Omar56
Isaac56
Arwa57
Nina57
Situating the researcher in the research context58
Summary59
Chapter 5.Identity in narrative61
Introduction61
Origins of narrative research64
Narratives of flight65
Aligning with Discourses67
Resisting Discourses70
Kelly70
Omar75
Discussion78
Chapter 6.Navigating structure and agency81
Introduction81
Agency in discourse83
Agency in former refugees’ narratives86
Agency dilemma90
Discussion99
Chapter 7.Social and cultural capital103
Introduction103
Capital and identity105
Capital in research105
Capital and employable identity108
Cultural capital109
Social capital114
Discussion119
Chapter 8.A longitudinal exploration of employable identity negotiation123
Introduction123
Arwa124
Arwa’s avoidance of a narrative of flight126
Towards an employable identity130
Interview 1 (May 2016)130
Interview 2 (August 2016)131
Interview 3 (November 2016)136
Interview 7 (April 2017)138
Interview 9 (December 2017)140
Conclusion145
Chapter 9.Negotiating an employable identity in the workplace147
Introduction147
Eldercare interactions149
Nina in the workplace150
Mirrored narratives151
Empowering interactions153
Belonging and othering158
Discussion165
Chapter 10.Discussion169
Introduction169
Migration of capital170
Discourses of refugeehood171
The Spectacle of Refugeehood175
Discourses of Gratitude177
Agency dilemma179
Conclusion183
Chapter 11.Conclusion185
Introduction185
Research questions185
Research question 1a185
Research question 1b187
Research question 2188
Research question 3189
Contributions190
Methodological contributions191
Analytical contributions192
Wider societal contributions192
Future research194
Concluding remarks195
References197
Index227
