Pursuits of happiness
Subtitle: well-being in anthropological perspective
By: edited by Gordon Mathews and Carolina Izquierdo.
Contributors: Mathews, Gordon.; Izquierdo, Carolina.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781845454487
Subjects: Quality of life -- Cross-cultural studies; Well-being -- Cross-cultural studies; Happiness -- Cross-cultural studies; Anthropology -- Philosophy
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why anthropology can ill afford to ignore well-being / Neil Thin; title: Is a measure of cultural well-being possible or desirable? / Benjamin Nick Colby; title: Well-being among the Matsigenka of the Peruvian Amazon : health, missions, oil, and "progress" / Carolina Izquierdo; title: Embodied selves and social selves : aboriginal well-being in rural New South Wales, Australia / Daniela Heil; title: The shifting landscape of Cree well-being / Naomi Adelson; title: Well-being : lessons from India / Steve Dern; title: Well-being, cultural pathology, and personal rejuvenation in a Chinese city, 1981-2005 / William Jankowiak; title: Finding and keeping a purpose in life : well-being and Ikigai in Japan and elsewhere / Gordon Mathews; title: Pleasure experienced : well-being and the Japanese bath / Scott Clark; title: Selfscapes of well-being in a rural Indonesian village / Douglas Hollan; title: Well-being and sustainability of daily routines : families with children with disabilities in the United States / Thomas S. Weisner.