Mahjong

• Verfasst von: Heinz, Annelise [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Mahjong
• Titelzusatz: a Chinese game and the making of modern American culture
• Verf.angabe: Annelise Heinz
• Verlagsort: New York, NY
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Jahr: 2021
• Umfang: 1 online resource (360 pages)
• Illustrationen: illustrations (black and white, and colour).
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Oxford scholarship online
• Fussnoten: Also issued in print: 2021. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 24, 2021)
• ISBN: 978-0-19-008182-9
• DOI: doi:10.1093/oso/9780190081799.001.0001
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe
• K10plus-PPN: 1756759235
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

'Mahjong' illustrates how the spaces between tiles and the moments between games have fostered distinct social cultures in the United States. When this mass-produced game crossed the Pacific it created waves of popularity over the twentieth century. This text narrates the history of this game to show how it has created a variety of meanings, among them American modernity, Chinese American heritage, and Jewish American women's culture. As it traveled from China to the United States and caught on with Hollywood starlets, high society, middle-class housewives, and immigrants alike, mahjong became a quintessentially American pastime. This book also reveals the ways in which women leveraged a game for a variety of economic and cultural purposes, including entrepreneurship, self-expression, philanthropy, and ethnic community building.