Mahjong agonistics and the political public in Taiwan: Fate, mimesis, and the martial imaginary

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-125

  Festa, Paul ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fate; Gambling; Mimesis; Play; Public culture; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147110763     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/anq.2007.0004     Document Type: Article

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