Pursuits of happiness : well-being in anthropological perspective /: well-being in anthropological perspective. (2009)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Pursuits of happiness : well-being in anthropological perspective /: well-being in anthropological perspective. (2009)
- Main Title:
- Pursuits of happiness : well-being in anthropological perspective
- 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.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.151971
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