The quest for the good life in precarious times ethnographic perspectives on the domestic moral economy

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: ANU Press (-)
Otros Autores: Gregory, C. A. (Chris A.) (-), Altman, Jon C., 1954-
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press 2018.
Colección:JSTOR Open Access monographs.
Monographs in anthropology series.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 Camp, Solomon Islands / Rodolfo Maggio
  • 'This Custom from the Past Is No Good': Grassroots, 'Big Shots' and a Contested Moral Economy in East New Britain / Keir Martin
  • A Moral Economy of the Transnational Papua New Guinean Household: Solidarity and Estrangement While 'Working Other Gardens' / Karen Sykes
  • Cycles of Integration and Fragmentation: Changing Yolngu-Balanda Sentiments of the 'Good Life' in Northern Australia / Fiona Magowan
  • 'The Main Thing Is to Have Enough Food': Kuninjku Precarity and Neoliberal Reason / Jon Altman
  • The Rise of the Poverty-Stricken Millionaire: The Quest for the Good Life in Sargipalpara / Chris Gregory.