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(4842) 635 52 63 The authors are responsible for obtaining the necessary Nina Veetnisha Gunnarsson Eleni Petraki Kiyomitsu Yui email: [email protected] permissions for publication of materials which are protec- www.qualitativesociologyreview.org ted by a copyrights owned by other persons. 2 ©2016 QSR Volume XII Issue 4 Qualitative Sociology Review • www.qualitativesociologyreview.org 3 CONTENTS Articles Shalva Weil Failed Femicides Among Migrant Survivors 6 Ashley Chen, Sarah Fiander, Justin Piché, Kevin Walby Captive and Captor Representations at Canadian Penal History Museums 22 Helena Serra Gamble on the Uncertain. Negotiating Medical Decision-Making 44 Olivier Meunier Assessment of Intercultural Bilingual Education in the Brazilian State of Amazonas 60 Shane Scott, D. Mark Austin Edgework, Fun, and Identification in a Recreational Subculture: Street BMX Riders 84 Barbara A. Misztal The Ambiguity of Everyday Experience: Between Normality and Boredom 100 Michelle Ye, Nadia Ollington, Kristy de Salas A Methodological Review of Exploring Turner’s Three-Process Theory of Power and the Social Identity Approach 120 Book Review Stanisław Stasiewicz Book Review: Ferenc, Tomasz. 2014. Dennis. Biographical Story of an American. Lodz: Łódź Art Center 138 4 ©2016 QSR Volume XII Issue 4 Failed Femicides Among Migrant Survivors Shalva Weil his article presents results from ethnograph- requires a systemic approach, grounded in coher- Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Tic interviews with three migrant women who ent and consistent theoretical foundations. UNISA, University of South Africa survived femicide attempts. The female migrants reside in Israel and originate in highland villages The vast majority of the research that exists on fem- Failed Femicides Among Migrant Survivors in North-West Ethiopia. They present an interesting icide is quantitative (e.g., Campbell et al. 2003). Most contrast to large-scale, quantitative, ethnocentric, studies ignore the cultural/ethnic background of Abstract Femicide—the killing of a female because of her gender—is becoming an increased object of sociolog- male-oriented studies of femicide focusing on West- the murdered women, which is often not recorded ical enquiry, rectifying years of invisibility. The article presents results from ethnographic interviews ern women. by the police. There are almost no records of what with three migrant women who survived “failed femicides.” A “failed femicide” is defined as an actually goes on when a woman is murdered, and attempted femicide where the medical examination of the victim confirmed a life-threatening event, Femicide—the killing of a female because of her women’s voices are few and far between. This is the victim had been hospitalized in emergency, and she or the perpetrator had described the event as gender—is becoming an increased object of so- both because few women live to tell the tale, and an attempted murder. It is argued that failed femicides should be added to the growing literature on ciological enquiry, rectifying years of invisibility because, with rare exceptions, the experiences of domestic violence, on the one hand, and femicide, on the other. The article presents narratives from (Weil 2016). While the study of domestic violence women from minority or migrant groups who have three survivors of failed femicide attempts among Ethiopian female migrants in Israel. They present has become commonplace in the social sciences, fe- survived a femicide attack are of little interest to the an interesting contrast to large-scale, quantitative, ethnocentric, male-oriented studies of femicide micide per se, which represents the most extreme general public. focusing on Western women. Since few women actually survive femicide attempts, the nature of the form of interpersonal violence, had been relegated small sample should not deter the scholar from the depth of migrant women’s plights. to the margins. That situation is changing rapidly The data upon which this article reports are rare The survivor narratives were analyzed by means of thematic analysis. The analysis produced five as advocacy organizations, such as ACUNS (Aca- in that they highlight the experiences of Ethiopi- key categories: village society in Ethiopia; cycle of domestic violence; motive; weapon; and recourse demic Council on the United Nations System) and an migrant women in Israel who have survived an to authorities. The themes provided understanding into these migrant women’s subjective expe- COST (European Cooperation in Science and Tech- extreme form of gender-based violence, namely, riences and the ways they understood events. While no generalizations can be made, the article nology), are now campaigning not just against gen- a “failed femicide.” A “failed femicide” is defined may encourage comparisons with other failed femicide survivor narratives from other migrant der violence but also against the final lethal act of here as an attempted femicide where the medical women originating and residing in different settings. With the increase of migrants the world over, femicide. Similarly, academic frameworks are now examination of the victim confirmed a life-threat- non-Western survivor narratives may become an increasingly important tool for policy-makers and beginning to provide legitimation to study and ening event, the victim had been hospitalized in for academics to understand how femicides occur, how migrant women perceive them, and how publish on femicide and its effects. In the past year emergency, and she or the perpetrator had de- they can be combated. alone, two major books (Dobash and Dobash 2015; scribed the event as an attempted murder. The Ellis, Stuckless, and Smith 2015) have forwarded survivor narratives are analyzed here by means of Keywords Femicide; Intimate Partner Violence; Migrants; Murder; Thematic Analysis; Narratives our understanding of the phenomenon; and a Spe- thematic analysis. cial Issue explaining the social challenge of femi- cide will be published in a sociological journal for Femicide: A Leading Cause of Female Shalva Weil is a Senior Researcher at the Research In- European Sociological Association Research Network no. the first time (Marcuello-Servós et al. 2016).1 As Death stitute for Innovation in Education at the Hebrew Universi- 20 on Qualitative Methods; from 2005-2007 she served as Corradi and colleagues