Pursuits of happiness : well-being in anthropological perspective /

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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 wit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mathews, Gordon (Editor ), Izquierdo, Carolina (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.
Colección:Ebook Central Academic Complete Collection
Temas:
Quality of life > Cross-cultural studies.
Well-being > Cross-cultural studies.
Happiness > Cross-cultural studies.
Anthropology > Philosophy.
Qualité de la vie > Études transculturelles.
Bien-être > Études transculturelles.
Bonheur > Études transculturelles.
Anthropologie > Philosophie.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
MEDICAL > General.
Happiness.
Quality of life.
Well-being.
Cross-cultural studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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