Small steps and big leaps in an era of cultural transition: a crisis in a traditional Kosovar Albanian family

Sluzki, Carlos E.Agani, Ferid N.2006-02-272006-02-272003Family Process 42(4): 479-84https://hdl.handle.net/1920/523This ethnographic vignette details the way a difficult crisis in an extended Kosovar family was managed by its own members within the mandates of that overtly patriarchal culture while creating important avenues for change. The cultural and historic context for these events is provided, and the nuances of this solution-oriented, culturally congruent, "natural" (i.e., not in a therapeutic context) process are discussed.144893 bytes59904 bytesapplication/pdfapplication/msworden-USSmall steps and big leaps in an era of cultural transition: a crisis in a traditional Kosovar Albanian familyArticle