Category: Student Theses
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The Men Behind The Chair at a Beiruti Salon: A Case Study of Lebanese Hairdressers’ Gender and Professional Identity Construction
Storytelling is a linguistic resource for constructing social identity at the workplace. Professionals may use stories to present and regulate various kinds of gendered identities and make sense of their social world (Coates, 2003; Georgakopoulou, 1997; Johnstone, 2001). Findings from Eggins and Slade (1997) and Holmes (2005) suggest that workplace narratives serve to invoke supportive…