Pursuits of happiness : well-being in anthropological perspective /: well-being in anthropological perspective. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Gordon Mathews and Carolina Izquierdo.
• Editors: Mathews, Gordon; Izquierdo, Carolina
• 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 Derné -- 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.
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 278 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 306.09; Quality of life -- Cross-cultural studies; Well-being -- Cross-cultural studies; Happiness -- Cross-cultural studies; Anthropology -- Philosophy; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture; MEDICAL -- General; Anthropology -- Philosophy; Happiness; Quality of life; Well-being; Electronic books; Cross-cultural studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781845458775
• Related ISBNs: 184545877X; 9781845454487; 1845454480
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.