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Trauma and the Kanun: Two Responses to Loss in Albania and Kosova

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  • Roland Littlewood

    (Departments of Anthropology and Psychiatry, University College London, London WCE 6BT)

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Social anthropology has proposed that social institutions and psychological reactions may at times be alternative ways of dealing with similar situations; and that at a high level of generality, they may be conceived of as variants of similar (psycho-social) phenomena. Response to sudden bereavement in Albanian Kosova may follow two routes: the customary law arguing stoicism but retribution, and the psychological idiom of `trauma' recently introduced by Western European aid agencies. Similarities and differences between what at first appear two quite distinct responses are outlined.

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  • Roland Littlewood, 2002. "Trauma and the Kanun: Two Responses to Loss in Albania and Kosova," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 48(2), pages 86-96, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:48:y:2002:i:2:p:86-96
    DOI: 10.1177/002076402128783136
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    1. Summerfield, Derek, 1999. "A critique of seven assumptions behind psychological trauma programmes in war-affected areas," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 48(10), pages 1449-1462, May.
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