Annelise Heinz, Department of History

Annelise Heinz

Annelise Heinz

Associate Professor
heinzam@uoregon.edu
Practice Areas: Histories of US Women and Gender, Sexuality and LGBTQ History, Race and Ethnicity, Consumerism, Transpacific History

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Biography:

Annelise Heinz is an academic expert in sexuality and LGBTQ history, race and ethnicity, histories of US women and gender, consumerism and transpacific history. As an historian of modern America, her research focuses on the intersections of gender, race/ethnicity and sexuality. In examining the development of racial ideologies, her work is also in conversation with the growing field of transpacific history, examining the flows of people, goods and ideas between the United States and China from the late nineteenth century through the twentieth century. Heinz’s first book project, "Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture," explores the American history of the Chinese parlor game mahjong in the first half of the twentieth century. This book follows the history of one game to think about how, in their daily lives, individuals create and experience cultural change. Understanding the complex history of mahjong provides crucial insights into the formation of American ethnic identities, the role of women in transnational consumerism, and the significance of leisure as a source of cultural meaning and identity. Her current project turns to LGBTQ history and examines the history of domestic space and queer economies in lesbian feminist communities of the late twentieth century.

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