{"product_id":"pursuits-of-happiness-well-being-in-anthropological-perspective-9781845454487","title":"Pursuits of Happiness: Well-Being in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAnthropology 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThe chapters …are very clearly written…and provide a wealth of materials illuminating diverse understandings of bodily, interpersonal, and existential dimensions of well-being, and how these are fostered and threatened in particular social-cultural settings and in relation to national institutions and global forces.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJournal of Anthropological Research\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthropology, Happiness, and Well-Being\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eGordon Mathews\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCarolina Izquierdo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART I: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Why Anthropology Can Ill Afford to Ignore Well-Being\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eNeil Thin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Is a Measure of Cultural Well-Being Possible or Desirable?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eBenjamin Nick Colby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART II: WELL-BEING IN SMALL-SCALE SOCIETIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Well-Being Among the Matsigenka of the Peruvian Amazon: Health, Missions, Oil, and “Progress”\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eCarolina Izquierdo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e Embodied Selves and Social Selves: Aboriginal Well-Being in Rural New South Wales, Australia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eDaniela Heil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e The Shifting Landscape of Cree Well-Being\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eNaomi Adelson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART III: WELL-BEING, CULTURE AND THE STATE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Well-Being: Lessons from India\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSteve Derné\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e Well-Being, Cultural Pathology, and Personal Rejuvenation in a Chinese City, 1981- 2005\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eWilliam Jankowiak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e Finding and Keeping a Purpose in Life: Well-Being and Ikigai in Japan and Elsewhere\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eGordon Mathews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART IV: NEW ANTHROPOLOGICAL DIRECTIONS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e Pleasure Experienced: Well-Being and the Japanese Bath\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eScott Clark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e Selfscapes of Well-Being in a Rural Indonesian Village\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eDouglas Hollan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/b\u003e Well-Being and Sustainability of Daily Routines: Families with Children with Disabilities in the United States\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eThomas S. 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