The quest for the good life in precarious times : ethnographic perspectives on the domestic moral economy /

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The study of the quest for the good life and the morality and value it presupposes is not new. To the contrary, this is an ancient issue; its intellectual history can be traced back to Aristotle. In anthropology, the study of morality and value has always been a central concern, despite the claim of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Australian National University Press
Other Authors: Gregory, C. A. (Chris A.), Altman, Jon C., 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2018.
Series:Monographs in anthropology series.
Subjects:
Economic anthropology > Australia > Northern Territory.
Economic anthropology > Oceania.
Economic anthropology > India > Kondagaon.
Ethnosociology > Australia > Northern Territory.
Ethnosociology > Oceania.
Ethnosociology > India > Kondagaon.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > Australia > Northern Territory.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > Oceania.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > India > Kondagaon.
Economic anthropology.
Anthropologie économique.
Anthropologie économique > Australie > Territoire du Nord.
Anthropologie économique > Océanie.
Ethnosociologie > Australie > Territoire du Nord.
Ethnosociologie > Océanie.
Agriculture > Aspect économique > Australie > Territoire du Nord.
Agriculture > Aspect économique > Océanie.
Ethical issues and debates.
Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography Mod Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Agriculture > Economic aspects
Economic anthropology
Ethnosociology
Society & Social Sciences.
Northern Territory
Oceania
Australian
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Chris Gregory
  • The Good Death? Paying Equal Respects in Fijian Funerals / Matti Eräsaari
  • Changing Standards of Living: The Paradoxes of Building a Good Life in Rural Vanuatu / Rachel E. Smith
  • 'According to Kastom and According to Law': 'Good Life' and 'Good Death' in Gilbert Camp, Solomon Islands / Rodolfo Maggio
  • 'This Custom from the Past Is No Good': Grassroots, 'Big Shots' and a Contested Moral Economy in East New Britain / Keir Martin
  • A Moral Economy of the Transnational Papua New Guinean Household: Solidarity and Estrangement While 'Working Other Gardens' / Karen Sykes
  • Cycles of Integration and Fragmentation: Changing Yolngu-Balanda Sentiments of the 'Good Life' in Northern Australia / Fiona Magowan
  • 'The Main Thing Is to Have Enough Food': Kuninjku Precarity and Neoliberal Reason / Jon Altman
  • The Rise of the Poverty-Stricken Millionaire: The Quest for the Good Life in Sargipalpara / Chris Gregory.

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