The Ghost of Violence: The Lived Experience of Violence After the Act
Abstract
Based on ethnographic fieldwork and thematic analysis, this article explores how violence is lived after violent events have taken place, and how it shapes women's everyday lives post-separation. First, the analysis shows how violence is negotiated in the context of a women's refuge, shaping women's perceptions of themselves and their experiences. Second, it explores how the potential of violence taking place can influence women's everyday lives, and third, how past acts of violence can become part of the present atmosphere of everyday life. This raises questions about the meaning of time in analyses of violence.
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Past experiences of violence produce a mental state where fear of the perpetrator is always present, leading to the inability to escape in time, place and space.
“Past experiences of violence cast a long shadow, producing a mental state where fear of the perpetrator is always present, leading to the inability to escape in time, place and space (Henze-Pedersen, 2021; Humphreys et al., 2019; Katz et al., 2020).”
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- Authors
- Henze-Pedersen, S.
- Affiliations
- Danish Center for Social Science Research (VIVE), Copenhagen K, Denmark
- Venue
- Violence Against Women
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2021-03-03
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 194-210
- ISSN
- 1077-8012 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-8448
- OpenAlex
- W3133559385
- Cited by
- 18
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 6 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1
- FWCI
- 1.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Violence Against Women (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Det Frie Forskningsråd (DFF - 7024-00040)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
- Keywords
- intimate partner violence, women's shelters, everyday life, lived experience of violence, meaning of time, victims of domestic violence
- MeSH terms
- Intimate Partner Violence, Aggression, Female, Humans, Violence
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