Pursuits of happiness [electronic resource] : well-being in anthropological perspective /
Pursuits of happiness well-being in anthropological perspective / [electronic resource] :
edited by Gordon Mathews and Carolina Izquierdo.
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.
- x, 278 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2010.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Quality of life--Cross-cultural studies.
Well-being--Cross-cultural studies.
Happiness--Cross-cultural studies.
Anthropology--Philosophy.
Electronic books.
HN25 / .P87 2009eb
306.09
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2010.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Quality of life--Cross-cultural studies.
Well-being--Cross-cultural studies.
Happiness--Cross-cultural studies.
Anthropology--Philosophy.
Electronic books.
HN25 / .P87 2009eb
306.09