TY  - BOOK
AU  - Adelson,Naomi
AU  - Clark,Scott
AU  - Colby,Benjamin Nick
AU  - Derné,Steve
AU  - Heil,Daniela
AU  - Hollan,Douglas
AU  - Izquierdo,Carolina
AU  - Jankowiak,William
AU  - Mathews,Gordon
AU  - Thin,Neil
AU  - Weisner,Thomas S.
TI  - Pursuits of Happiness: Well-Being in Anthropological Perspective 
SN  - 9781845454487
AV  - HN25 .P87 2009
U1  - 306.09 22
PY  - 2008///]
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Happiness
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
KW  - Quality of life
KW  - Well-being
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Medical Anthropology, Sociology
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Tables and Figures --; Acknowledgements --; List of Contributors --; Introduction ANTHROPOLOGY, HAPPINESS, AND WELL-BEING --; PART ONE. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND --; 1 WHY ANTHROPOLOGY CAN ILL AFFORD TO IGNORE WELL-BEING --; 2 IS A MEASURE OF CULTURAL WELL-BEING POSSIBLE OR DESIRABLE? --; PART TWO. WELL-BEING IN SMALL-SCALE SOCIETIES --; 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 --; PART THREE. WELL-BEING, CULTURE, AND THE STATE --; 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 --; PART FOUR: NEW ANTHROPOLOGICAL DIRECTIONS --; 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 --; Conclusion TOWARDS AN ANTHROPOLOGY OF WELL-BEING --; Index; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781845458775
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