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Pursuits of happiness : well-being in anthropological perspective / edited by Gordon Mathews and Carolina Izquierdo.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Quality of life--Cross-cultural studies.
- Quality of life.
- Well-being--Cross-cultural studies.
- Well-being.
- Happiness--Cross-cultural studies.
- Happiness.
- Anthropology--Philosophy.
- Anthropology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Anthropology has long shied away from examining how human beings may lead happy and fulfilling lives. This book, however, shows that the ethnographic examination of well-being-defined as "the optimal state for an individual, a community, and a society"-and the comparison of well-being within and across societies is a new and important area for anthropological inquiry. Distinctly different in different places, but also reflecting our common humanity, well-being is intimately linked to the idea of happiness and its pursuits. Noted anthropological researchers have come together in this volume to
- Contents:
- Why anthropology can ill afford to ignore well-being / Neil Thin
- Is a measure of cultural well-being possible or desirable? / Benjamin Nick Colby
- Well-being among the Matsigenka of the Peruvian Amazon : health, missions, oil, and "progress" / Carolina Izquierdo
- Embodied selves and social selves : aboriginal well-being in rural New South Wales, Australia / Daniela Heil
- The shifting landscape of Cree well-being / Naomi Adelson
- Well-being : lessons from India / Steve Derne
- Well-being, cultural pathology, and personal rejuvenation in a Chinese city, 1981-2005 / William Jankowiak
- Finding and keeping a purpose in life : well-being and Ikigai in Japan and elsewhere / Gordon Mathews
- Pleasure experienced : well-being and the Japanese bath / Scott Clark
- Selfscapes of well-being in a rural Indonesian village / Douglas Hollan
- Well-being and sustainability of daily routines : families with children with disabilities in the United States / Thomas S. Weisner.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-80758-449-6
- 1-282-62740-6
- 9786612627408
- 1-84545-877-X
- OCLC:
- 645100618
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