02566nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10394037 CaPaEBR 20260707180200.0 m u cr cn||||||||| 080627s2009 nyuab sb 001 0 eng 2008028586 9781845454487 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1845454480 (hardcover : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)647933054 HN25 .P87 2009eb 306.09 22 103473 83350 Pursuits of happiness [electronic resource] : well-being in anthropological perspective / 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. 146069 Well-being Cross-cultural studies. 146070 Happiness Cross-cultural studies. 146071 Anthropology Philosophy. 1724 Electronic books. local 190 Mathews, Gordon. 101106 Izquierdo, Carolina. 146072 ebrary, Inc. 191 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10394037 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 103473 83350