Resiliência e trauma na trajetória de três gerações de mulheres do Coque, Recife-PE

Abstract

Resilience can be understood as an intersubjective process, related to the ability to resume development after encountering traumatic situations. The trauma (or traumatic situation) is the external impact that disturbs the psychic universe, while traumatism is its internal representation and consequence. Resilience is assumed as an instrument to understand experiences of women from the outskirts in a non-deterministic way, without denying the adversities, but looking at the construction of perspectives to face social inconsistencies. Thus, this study aimed to understand how trauma and resilience permeate the life trajectory of three generations of women in the community of Coque, Recife-PE. This qualitative research was based on Transpersonal Psychology, and on its Organic Inquiry approach. The participants were eight women who live in Coque: three grandmothers, three mothers and two daughters, from three different families. Research diary and narrative interview were used. The analysis was based on hermeneutics. An integral understanding of the resilient process in outskirts women is proposed, considering that the results point to a subjective, behavioural, cultural and social construction. The results suggest the need to observe gender inequalities and also the support of women among themselves for the construction of the resilient process. It is understood that families and the community functioned as nests to support the development of resilience, in an integrated way to the context, in the face of violence. Yet, resilience can be read in its intersection with spirituality as a form of growth that modifies the entire existence of women, including and transcending adversity.