Citation

Khatib S, Edge D, Speed S. Violence Against Women 2019; ePub(ePub): 1077801219847289.

Affiliation

The University of Manchester, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801219847289

PMID

31179895

Abstract

Despite high rates of domestic violence and increased rates of honor killing (HK) over the past decade, there is a paucity of empirical data about how HK affects family members. This study used grounded theory to explore the emotional and social effects of HK on 23 family members of murdered women and found that HK failed to achieve the restoration of honor. Following HK, families subsequently entered a protracted process of grief compounded by negative social interactions, which led to a form of "social death." The road to social death was a painful and continuous social process, which, for many, never abated.

Language: en

Keywords

Palestinian; family perspective; grounded theory; honor killing; social death