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Informationen zum Autor Laura Savu Walker is adjunct professor at the University of South Carolina. Klappentext The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context brings together scholars working in the fields of the humanities and social sciences who critically examine the notion of the "good life," understood in all of its dimensions-material, psychological, moral, emotional, and spiritual-and in relation to the greater good. In so doing, the authors provide interdisciplinary insights into what the good life means today and how a viable vision of it can be achieved to benefit not just individuals but our interdependent world as well. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface "Introduction: Mapping the Global Imaginary of the Good Life," by Laura Savu Walker1.Falling Short: What the Good Life Is Not2.Finding Other Ways: What a Good Life Can Be 3.Chapter-by-Chapter OverviewChapter 1: "The Stoic Muse: Clues to the Good Life in English Poetry," by Laura Inman. Chapter 2: "'Raising the Sun': Same-Sex Love, the Good Life, and the Greater Good in the Poetry of Ellen Bass," by Lisa Hoffman-Reyes. Chapter 3: "'Can I Breathe This Rarer Air?': Exploring the Good Life in the Plays of Susan Glaspell and the Camps of the Occupy Movement," by Susan Gorman. Chapter 4: "Rethinking Utopia for the Twenty-First Century: The Good Life after Occupy and the Arab Spring," by Joseph Donica.Chapter 5: "Capturing Amae: Why Tragedy Matters and What It Still Offers," by Jeremy Killian Chapter 6: "Territorializing the Good Life: Fetishism of Commodity and Homeland in Nicole Krauss's Great House," by Laini Kavaloski. Chapter 7: "The Mogul Ethos and the American Dream in Contemporary Mainstream Rap," by Jamila M. Kareem. Chapter 8: "The Gift of the Good Life: Anchor Babies and Asian Adoptees," by Jenny Heijun Wills.Chapter 9: "The Gaps in the Wall: The Enemy within Gish Jen's American Dreams," by Joseph George. Chapter 10: "From Money to Meaning: The Pursuit of 'Fundamentals' in Mohsin Hamid's How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia," by Laura Savu Walker. Chapter 11: "Courageous Play: An Ethical Practice for the Good of (Digital) Culture," by Katherine Hanzalik. Chapter 12: "Making the Good Life: Cultivating Green Citizenship in Shakespeare's Cymbeline," by Patrick Crapanzano. Chapter 13, "Denaturing the Human Conceit for the Greater Good: An Ecocritical Perspective," by Ron Milland. Bibliography About the Contributors...
