Title The good life : aspiration, dignity, and the anthropology of wellbeing / Edward F. Fischer.

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Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014.

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Description	1 online resource
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction : the good life : values, markets, and wellbeing -- Values and prices : the case of German eggs -- Word, deed, and preferences -- Moral provenance and larger purposes -- Solidarity, dignity, and opportunity -- Provenance and values : the case of Guatemalan coffee -- Agency, opportunity, and frustrated freedoms -- Experiments in fairness and dignity -- Narco-trafficking and violence -- Conclusion : the good life and positive anthropology.
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Summary	What could middle-class German supermarket shoppers buying eggs and impoverished coffee farmers in Guatemala possibly have in common? Both groups use the market in pursuit of the ""good life."" But what exactly is the good life? How do we define wellbeing beyond material standards of living? While we all may want to live the good life, we differ widely on just what that entails. In The Good Life, Edward Fischer examines wellbeing in very different cultural contexts to uncover shared notions of the good life and how best to achieve it. With fascinating on-the-ground narratives of Germans' choice.
Subject	Well-being -- Cross-cultural studies.
	Quality of life -- Cross-cultural studies.
	Economic anthropology -- Cross-cultural studies.
	Economic anthropology -- Cross-cultural studies.
	Quality of life -- Cross-cultural studies.
	Well-being -- Cross-cultural studies.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
	Economic anthropology. (OCoLC)fst00901586
	Quality of life. (OCoLC)fst01085009
	Well-being. (OCoLC)fst01402723
Genre/Form	Cross-cultural studies. (OCoLC)fst01423769
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Fischer, Edward F., 1966- author. Good life 9780804790963 (DLC) 2014003996 (OCoLC)870248699
ISBN	9780804792615 (electronic bk.)
	0804792615 (electronic bk.)

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