Gordon (Hrsg.) Mathews

Pursuits of Happiness

Well-Being in Anthropological Perspective

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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 t… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Izquierdo, Carolina (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-84545-877-5
EAN: 9781845458775
Produktnummer: 20451086
Verlag: Berghahn Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 290 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 765 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

Carolina Izquierdo is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for the Everyday Lives of Families (CELF) at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research has centered on health and well-being among the Matsigenka in the Peruvian Amazon, the Mapuche in Chile, and middle-class families in the United States.