The quest for the good life in precarious times : ethnographic perspectives on the domestic moral ec...
The quest for the good life in precarious times : ethnographic perspectives on the domestic moral ec...
The quest for the good life in precarious times : ethnographic perspectives on the domestic moral economy / edited by Chris Gregory and Jon Altman.
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Acton, ACT : ANU Press, [2018].
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English
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1 online resource (xix, 223 pages) : maps (some colour), charts.
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Introduction / Chris Gregory -- The Good Death? Paying Equal Respects in Fijian Funerals / Matti Eräsaari -- Changing Standards of Living: The Paradoxes of Building a Good Life in Rural Vanuatu / Rachel E. Smith -- 'According to Kastom and According to Law': 'Good Life' and 'Good Death' in Gilbert...
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Acton, ACT : ANU Press, [2018].
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Australian Capital Territory
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[2018].
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Summary
The study of the quest for the good life and the morality and value it presupposes is not new. To the contrary, this is an ancient issue; its intellectual history can be traced back to Aristotle. In anthropology, the study of morality and value has always been a central concern, despite the claim of some scholars that the recent upsurge of interest...
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The quest for the good life in precarious times : ethnographic perspectives on the domestic moral economy / edited by Chris Gregory and Jon Altman.
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Monographs in anthropology series
Includes bibliographical references.
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Mode of access: Available online.
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©2018.
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"The chapters in this collection were among papers presented at a conference held at the University of Manchester, 24-26 March 2015, entitled 'The Quest for the Good Life in Precarious Times: Grassroots Perspectives on the Value Question in the 21st Century'. The conference marked the end of a UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)- funded...
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74VKV50W4ma3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV50W4ma3
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ISBN
9781760462017 PDF
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306.3
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991024271915802626
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National edeposit: Onsite at State Library of New South Wales
