Happy and you know it? : a cultural exploration of people's experiences and perceptions of happiness

Happiness, rather than being a private, internal and subjective experience, is shaped, interpreted and articulated via culturally specific ways of thinking, being and acting. When producing accounts of happiness, people commonly situate themselves within a range of dominant discourses; it is in doin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hyman, Laura
Published: University of Surrey 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.549478