Overview

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 rece

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Author:   Chris Gregory ,  Jon Altman
Publisher:   ANU Press
Imprint:   ANU Press
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9781760462000

ISBN 10:   1760462004
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   29 March 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction The Good Death? Paying Equal Respects in Fijian Funerals Changing Standards of Living: The Paradoxes of Building a Good Life in Rural Vanuatu 'According to Kastom and According to Law': 'Good Life' and 'Good Death' in Gilbert Camp, Solomon Islands 'This Custom from the Past Is No Good': Grassroots, 'Big Shots' and a Contested Moral Economy in East New Britain A Moral Economy of the Transnational Papua New Guinean Household: Solidarity and Estrangement While 'Working Other Gardens' Cycles of Integration and Fragmentation: Changing Yolngu-Balanda Sentiments of the 'Good Life' in Northern Australia 'The Main Thing Is to Have Enough Food': Kuninjku Precarity and Neoliberal Reason The Rise of the Poverty-Stricken Millionaire: The Quest for the Good Life in Sargipalpara

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