James R. Welch is a senior researcher at the National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He works closely with the A’uwẽ (Xavante) on land disputes and multimedia cultural documentation.

“Deeply grounded in long-term ethnographic research, Persistence of Good Living brilliantly illuminates A’uwẽ (Xavante) aesthetics of good living and well-being. Welch’s keen insights on A’uwẽ quality of life will be appreciated by anyone interested in individual and social well-being, health, culture, and environment.”—Laura R. Graham, professor of anthropology at the University of Iowa“Welch’s penetrating ethnographic study explores how the A’uwẽ (Xavante) of central Brazil have sustained cultural integrity, social cohesion, and a distinct sense of well-being.”—Seth Garfield, author of In Search of the Amazon: Brazil, the United States, and the Nature of a Region

James R. Welch is a senior researcher at the National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He works closely with the A’uwẽ (Xavante) on land disputes and multimedia cultural documentation.

“Deeply grounded in long-term ethnographic research, Persistence of Good Living brilliantly illuminates A’uwẽ (Xavante) aesthetics of good living and well-being. Welch’s keen insights on A’uwẽ quality of life will be appreciated by anyone interested in individual and social well-being, health, culture, and environment.”—Laura R. Graham, professor of anthropology at the University of Iowa“Welch’s penetrating ethnographic study explores how the A’uwẽ (Xavante) of central Brazil have sustained cultural integrity, social cohesion, and a distinct sense of well-being.”—Seth Garfield, author of In Search of the Amazon: Brazil, the United States, and the Nature of a Region

James R. Welch is a senior researcher at the National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He works closely with the A’uwẽ (Xavante) on land disputes and multimedia cultural documentation.

“Deeply grounded in long-term ethnographic research, Persistence of Good Living brilliantly illuminates A’uwẽ (Xavante) aesthetics of good living and well-being. Welch’s keen insights on A’uwẽ quality of life will be appreciated by anyone interested in individual and social well-being, health, culture, and environment.”—Laura R. Graham, professor of anthropology at the University of Iowa“Welch’s penetrating ethnographic study explores how the A’uwẽ (Xavante) of central Brazil have sustained cultural integrity, social cohesion, and a distinct sense of well-being.”—Seth Garfield, author of In Search of the Amazon: Brazil, the United States, and the Nature of a Region