DISHARMONY OF ISRA’S FAMILY IN ETAF RUM’S WOMAN IS NO MAN

Abstract

This study aims to know the disharmony of family forms that occur in Isra’s family using family function concept by Berns, the causes disharmony of Isra’s family in Etaf Rum’s A Woman is no Man through the perspective of family resilience by Walsh and the disharmony effects on Isra’s daughter named Deya. The research applies qualitative descriptive method with data collection techniques, data analysis, data presentation, and conclusions and sociological literature analysis approach. A Woman is No Man (2019) is the debut novel of Etaf Rum. It tells a Palestinian girl who lives in a family that is so thick with Arabic tradition. This is why she has to get married at a young age, and it begins to appear the family’s disharmony that happens to her married life. The disharmony family, then, leads to fear, violence, even murder and suicide. which ultimately also affect on Deya as a daughter in the family. The study shows that there are three main factors that cause family disharmony in accordance with the theory of family resilience; first, the lack of belief system including unable to make meaning of crisis as a challenge, unable to stay positive; second, the lack of organizational process including relational and structural support including inflexible, not well connected, and not supported by social resources; third, the lack of communication process including not facilitating meaning making, there is no mutual support, and cannot do problem solving.

Keywords : Family Disharmony, Family, Family Resilience