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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Published in:Violence against women 2023-04, Vol.29 (5), p.901-924
Main Authors: Pitcho-Prelorentzos, Shani, Leshem, Elazar, Mahat-Shamir, Michal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Bereavement
Domestic violence
Fathers
Fathers - psychology
Female
Femicide
Gender-based violence
Grief
Homicide
Humans
Identity
Male
Mothers
Mothers - psychology
Murders & murder attempts
Parents & parenting
Qualitative research
Sexual Partners
Uniqueness
Women
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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:1077-8012
1552-8448
1552-8448
DOI:10.1177/10778012221092478