Happiness: Understandings, Narratives and Discourses
Laura Hyman
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Description for Happiness: Understandings, Narratives and Discourses
Hardcover. Happiness, rather than being a private and subjective experience, is shaped, interpreted and articulated via culturally specific ways of thinking, being and acting. This highly original and timely book offers an empirical exploration of the ways in which being 'happy' is understood and articulated in contemporary society. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
Happiness, rather than being a private and subjective experience, is shaped, interpreted and articulated via culturally specific ways of thinking, being and acting. This highly original and timely book offers an empirical exploration of the ways in which being 'happy' is understood and articulated in contemporary society.
Happiness, rather than being a private and subjective experience, is shaped, interpreted and articulated via culturally specific ways of thinking, being and acting. This highly original and timely book offers an empirical exploration of the ways in which being 'happy' is understood and articulated in contemporary society.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137321527
SKU
V9781137321527
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Ref
99-15
About Laura Hyman
Laura Hyman is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Portsmouth, UK. She is also a co-convenor of the British Sociological Association's Happiness Study Group.
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