
2018年,著名美国女演员Julia Roberts在节目The Late show with Stephen Colbert上,被问及自己业余时间的放松方式,她的回答是“打麻将”。场下一片欢呼,连 Julia 本人也为麻将的普及广度感到震惊。
事实上,麻将在美国早就突破了唐人街,成为了一档家喻户晓的棋牌游戏。作为一种来自中国的棋牌游戏,麻将是如何作为一种文化输出到美国,又经历了怎样的发展?
这是一期与麻将有关却与麻将规则无关的视频,欢迎收看。
#重播RePop# Vol.21
【麻将的海外之旅:唐人街、犹太人和美式改造】
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本期视频主要参考文献:
What the Surprising History of Mah-jongg Can Teach Us About America
Cady Lang, Time
From China to U.S., the game of mahjong shaped modern America, says Stanford scholar
Stanford Report
Recalling the Craze for a Game of Chance
New York Times
How Mahjong Became American — and Jewish
Annelise Heinz, 2021
Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture
Annelise Heinz, 2021
The Red Dragon & The West Wind
Mary C. Greenfield, 2010
“The Game of One Hundred Intelligences”: Mahjong, Materials, and the Marketing of the Asian Exotic in the 1920s
Mary C. Greenfield, 2010


