A Trisonance: Identities of Women Whose Mothers Were Murdered by Their Fathers. (April 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pitcho-Prelorentzos, Shani; Leshem,, Elazar; Mahat-Shamir, Michal
• Is Part Of: Violence against women. Volume 29:Number 5(2023)
• Page Start: 901
• Page End: 924
• Publication Date: 2023-04
• Subjects: bereavement -- domestic violence -- femicide -- narrative identity -- traumatic loss; Abused women -- Periodicals; Women -- Crimes against -- Periodicals; Violent crimes -- Periodicals; Femmes victimes de violence -- Périodiques; Femmes, Crimes contre les -- Périodiques; Crimes violents -- Périodiques; 362.8292
• DOI: 10.1177/10778012221092478
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-8012

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.