Pursuits of happiness : well-being in anthropological perspective / / edited by Gordon Mathews and Carolina Izquierdo.
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | x, 278 p. :; ill., maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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 Derne
- 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.