ISBN:
1845454480
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9781845454487
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9781282627406
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9781845458775
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 278 p)
,
ill., maps
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Pursuits of Happiness : Well-Being in Anthropological Perspective
DDC:
306.09
Keywords:
Happiness Cross-cultural studies
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Anthropology Philosophy
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Quality of life Cross-cultural studies
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Well-being Cross-cultural studies
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Title page-Pursuits of Happiness; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I-Theoretical Background; Ch 1-Why anthropology can ill afford to ignore well-being; Ch 2-Is a measure of cultural well-being possible or desirable?; Part II-Well-Being in Small-Scale Societies; Ch 3-Well-Being among the matsigenka of the Peruvian Amazon; Ch 4-Embodied selves and social selves; Ch 5-The shifting landscape of cree well-being; Part III-Welll-Being, culture, and the State; Ch 6-Well-Being
Description / Table of Contents:
Ch 7-Well-Being, cultural pathology and personal rejuvenation in a Chinese city, 1981-2005Ch 8-Finding and keeping a purpose in life; Part IV-New Anthropological directions; Ch 10-Selfscapes of well-being in a tutal indonesiam village; Ch 11-Well-Being and sustainability of daily rouines; Conclusion; Index;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Why anthropology can ill afford to ignore well-being
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Is a measure of cultural well-being possible or desirable?
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Well-being among the Matsigenka of the Peruvian Amazon : health, missions, oil, and "progress"
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Embodied selves and social selves : aboriginal well-being in rural New South Wales, Australia
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The shifting landscape of Cree well-being
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Well-being : lessons from India
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Well-being, cultural pathology, and personal rejuvenation in a Chinese city, 1981-2005
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Finding and keeping a purpose in life : well-being and Ikigai in Japan and elsewhere
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Pleasure experienced : well-being and the Japanese bath
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Selfscapes of well-being in a rural Indonesian village
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Well-being and sustainability of daily routines : families with children with disabilities in the United States
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