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

Shani Pitcho-Prelorentzos; Elazar Leshem; Michal Mahat-Shamir

doi:10.1177/10778012221092478

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

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Ariel University

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	901-924
Number of pages	24
Journal	Violence Against Women
Volume	29
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012221092478
State	Published - 1 Apr 2023

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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

bereavement
domestic violence
femicide
narrative identity
traumatic loss

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Gender Studies
Sociology and Political Science
Law

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