03535nam 2200649 a 450 991079136570332120170810191512.01-282-62740-697866126274081-84545-877-X10.1515/9781845458775(CKB)2560000000012084(EBL)544300(OCoLC)645100618(SSID)ssj0000432182(PQKBManifestationID)11262927(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000432182(PQKBWorkID)10493749(PQKB)10558751(MiAaPQ)EBC544300(DE-B1597)637586(DE-B1597)9781845458775(EXLCZ)99256000000001208420080627d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPursuits of happiness[electronic resource] well-being in anthropological perspective /edited by Gordon Mathews and Carolina IzquierdoNew York Berghahn Books20091 online resource (288 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84545-708-0 1-84545-448-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 Quality of lifeCross-cultural studiesWell-beingCross-cultural studiesHappinessCross-cultural studiesAnthropologyPhilosophyQuality of lifeWell-beingHappinessAnthropologyPhilosophy.306.09LC 50000BVBrvkMathews Gordon904818Izquierdo Carolina1515388MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791365703321Pursuits of happiness3751071UNINA