The Complexity of Military Bereavement in Gender Regime

Experiences of Turkish Martyr Spouses

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ID13629010
AuthorsÇiğdem Ademhan Tunaç (0000-0002-3923-9612, Department of Social Work, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, corresponding author), Nilgün Küçükkaraca (0000-0002-4344-1258, Department of Social Work, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey)
Year2020
Volume85
Issue4
Pages812-836
Publication date2020-09-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0030222820957762
PMID32915682
OpenAlexW3086292629
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited31

This feminist qualitative study investigates spousal bereavement experiences of Turkish martyr spouses within the context of gender regime, based on semi-structured interviews with 21 martyr spouses. From on the thematic analysis of these interviews, this study demonstrates that (1) the spousal bereavement process was complicated conjointly by traumatic and military context as well as martyrdom, (2) this complexity created conditions requiring struggle, and (3) coping resources were available to deal with this complexity. Further, it presents "how the Turkish gender regime affected the spousal bereavement process of martyr spouses." This study finds that martyr spouses' steps toward back to normal life, namely recovery after loss, were not supported or acknowledged by society. The authors propose the concept of "disenfranchised recovery" to explain this situation, based on concept of disenfranchised grief

Context (archaeology · Grief · Martyr · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Rumination · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Theology · Turkish · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Middle East Politics and Society · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Psychology

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