A Trisonance: Identities of Women Whose Mothers Were Murdered by Their Fathers

The current qualitative study aimed to examine the narrative identities of women bereaved to intimate partner femicide. Eleven adult Israeli female offspring whose biological mothers were murdered by their biological fathers were interviewed for the purpose of this study. Due to the uniqueness of th...

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Authors: Pitcho-Prelorentzos, Shani (Author) ; Leshem, Elazar (Author) ; Mahat-Shamir, Michal (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Violence against women
Year: 2023, Volume: 29, Issue: 5, Pages: 901-924
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Keywords:
traumatic loss
Narrative Identity
Femicide
Domestic Violence
Bereavement
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Summary:The current qualitative study aimed to examine the narrative identities of women bereaved to intimate partner femicide. Eleven adult Israeli female offspring whose biological mothers were murdered by their biological fathers were interviewed for the purpose of this study. Due to the uniqueness of their loss experience and circumstances, participants’ identity is narrated as a “trisonance”: They are not like their fathers, their mothers, nor as society perceives them. This very particular route for identity reconstruction as a means of psychological survival is discussed in light of the literature on identity construction and bereavement and derives recommendations for practice.
ISSN:1552-8448
DOI:10.1177/10778012221092478