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Pursuits of happiness : well-being in anthropological perspective / ed. by Gordon Mathews and Carolina Izquierdo

Mathews, Gordon [Hrsg.] ; Izquierdo, Carolina

New York [u.a.] : Berghahn Books, 2009

X, 278 S

Englisch

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 Dern -- 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

Includes bibliographical references and index

0810

1-84545-448-0 (hardcover : alk. paper); 978-1-84545-448-7 ( : hardcover : alk. paper)

2008028586

OCoLC: 611750310     

OCoLC: 611750310 (aus SWB)     

2008028586

LC 56000  | LC 50000      Ähnliche Literatur

HN25

306.09 ; 306

Basisklassifikation: 73.93 (Immaterielle Kultur) <Volkskunde> ; 73.53 (Immaterielle Kultur) <Ethnologie>

*Lebensqualität ; Kulturvergleich ; Aufsatzsammlung      Zum Register

*Wohlbefinden ; Aufsatzsammlung      Zum Register

*Glück ; Aufsatzsammlung      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Quality of life -- Cross-cultural studies ; Well-being -- Cross-cultural studies ; Happiness -- Cross-cultural studies ; Anthropology -- Philosophy

Lebensqualität ; Kulturvergleich ; Aufsatzsammlung

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 Dern -- 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