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010 $a 2008028586
020 $a9781845454487 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a1845454480 (hardcover : alk. paper)
024 $a40016411849
035 $a(OCoLC)191924276
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn191924276
035 $a(NNC)7071534
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050 00 $aHN25$b.P87 2009
082 00 $a306.09$222
245 00 $aPursuits of happiness :$bwell-being in anthropological perspective /$cedited by Gordon Mathews and Carolina Izquierdo.
260 $aNew York :$bBerghahn Books,$c2009.
300 $ax, 278 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $gIntroduction.$tAnthropology, Happiness, and Well-Being /$rGordon Mathews and Carolina Izquierdo -- $gPt. 1.$tTheoretical Background -- $gCh. 1.$tWhy Anthropology Can ill Afford to Ignore Well-Being /$rNeil Thin -- $gCh. 2.$tIs a Measure of Cult ural Well-Being Possible or Desirable? /$rBenjamin Nick Colby -- $gPt. 2.$tWell-Being in Small-scale Societies -- $gCh. 3.$tWell-Being among the Matsigenka of the Peruvian Amazon : Health, Missions, Oil, and "Progress" /$rCarolina Izquierdo -- $gCh. 4.$tEmbodied Selves and Social Selves: Aboriginal Well-Being in Rural New South Wales, Australia /$rDaniela Heil -- $gCh. 5.$tThe Shifting Landscape of Cree Well-Being /$rNaomi Adelson -- $gPt. 3.$tWell-Being, Culture, and the State -- $gCh. 6.$tWell-Being: Lessons from India /$rSteve Derue -- $gCh. 7.$tWell-Being, Cultural Pathology, and Personal Rejuvenation in a Chinese City, 1981-2005 /$rWilliam Jankowiak -- $gCh. 8.$tFinding and Keeping a Purpose in Life: Well-Being and Ikigai in Japan and Elsewhere /$rGordon Mathews -- $gPt. 4.$tNew Anthropological Directions -- $gCh. 9.$tPleasure Experienced: Well-Being and the Japanese Bath /$rScott Clark -- $gCh. 10.$tSelfscapes of Well-Being in a Rural Indonesian Village /$rDouglas Hollan -- $gCh. 11.$tWell-Being and Sustainability of Daily Routines: Families with Children with Disabilities in the United States /$rThomas S. Weisner -- $gConclusion.$tTowards an Anthropology of Well-Being /$rGordon Mathews and Carolina Izquierdo.
520 1 $a"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."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aQuality of life$vCross-cultural studies.
650 0 $aWell-being$vCross-cultural studies.
650 0 $aHappiness$vCross-cultural studies.
650 0 $aAnthropology$xPhilosophy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101154
700 1 $aMathews, Gordon.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95049259
700 1 $aIzquierdo, Carolina.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002093854
852 00 $boff,leh$hHN25$i.P87 2009