The open access edition of Games and Play in Chinese and Sinophone Cultures was made possible by an award from the James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation.
This publication was also supported by a grant from the Joseph and Lauren Allen Fund for Books on Asian Literature, Art, and Culture.
Additional support was provided by the Department of World Languages and Cultures, the Center for Intersectional Gender Studies & Research, and the College of Humanities & Social Sciences Dean’s Office Publication Subvention Fund at Utah State University, and by the Department of Modern and Classical Languages Huayu Best Fund at George Mason University.
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Names: Guo, Li, 1979– editor. | Eyman, Douglas, editor. | Sun, Hongmei, editor.
Title: Games and play in Chinese and Sinophone cultures / edited by Li Guo, Douglas Eyman, and Hongmei Sun.
Description: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2024] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023050769 | ISBN 9780295752396 (hardcover ; acid-free paper) | ISBN 9780295752402 (paperback ; acid-free paper) | ISBN 9780295752419 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Games—Social aspects—China. | Games—China—History. | Computer games—Social aspects—China. | Internet games—Social aspects— China. | Sports—Social aspects—China.
Classification: LCC GV1201.38 .G365 2024 | DDC 306.4/870951—dc23/eng/20240424
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