Sale!

Pursuits of Happiness Well Being in Anthropological Perspective 1st Edition by Gordon Mathews, Carolina Izquierdo ISBN 1845454480 9781845454487

Original price was: $50.00.Current price is: $35.00.

Pursuits of Happiness Well Being in Anthropological Perspective 1st Edition Gordon Mathews Digital Instant Download

Author(s): Gordon Mathews, Carolina Izquierdo
ISBN(s): 9781845454487, 1845454480
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 1.47 MB
Year: 2008
Language: english
SKU: EB-5451466 Category: Tags: ,

Pursuits of Happiness Well Being in Anthropological Perspective 1st Edition by Gordon Mathews, Carolina Izquierdo – Ebook PDF Instant Download/Delivery: 1845454480, 9781845454487

Full download Pursuits of Happiness Well Being in Anthropological Perspective 1st Edition after payment

 

Product details:

ISBN 10: 1845454480

ISBN 13: 9781845454487 

Author: Gordon Mathews, Carolina Izquierdo 

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 examine well-being in a range of diverse ways and to investigate it in a range of settings: from the Peruvian Amazon, the Australian outback, and the Canadian north, to India, China, Indonesia, Japan, and the United States.

Table of contents:

  1. Why Anthropology Can Ill Afford to Ignore Well-Being

  2. Is a Measure of Cultural Well-Being Possible or Desirable?

  3. Well-Being Among the Matsigenka of the Peruvian Amazon: Health, Missions, Oil, and “Progress”

  4. Embodied Selves and Social Selves: Aboriginal Well-Being in Rural New South Wales, Australia

  5. The Shifting Landscape of Cree Well-Being

  6. Well-Being: Lessons from India

  7. Well-Being, Cultural Pathology, and Personal Rejuvenation in a Chinese City, 1981–2005

  8. Finding and Keeping a Purpose in Life: Well-Being and Ikigai in Japan and Elsewhere

  9. Pleasure Experienced: Well-Being and the Japanese Bath

  10. Selfscapes of Well-Being in a Rural Indonesian Village

  11. Well-Being and Sustainability of Daily Routines: Families with Children with Disabilities in the United States

People also search for:

pursuits of happiness well being in anthropological perspective
pursuit of happiness examples
pursuit of happiness in history
pursuit of happiness articles
pursuits of happiness well-being in anthropological perspective

Tags: Gordon Mathews, Carolina Izquierdo, Pursuits, Happiness, Well Being, Anthropological, Perspective