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Hockey
Challenging Canada's Game - Au-dela du sport national. Mercury Series
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Social & cultural history, Ice hockey
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Synopsis
For Canadians, hockey is the game. Shared experiences and memories-lacing up for the first time, shinny on an outdoor rink, Sidney Crosby's historic goal, or the one scored by Maurice Richard-make hockey more than just a game. While the relationship between hockey and national identity has been studied, where does the game fit into our understanding of multiple, diverse Canadian identities today?
This interdisciplinary book considers hockey, both as professional and amateur sport, and both in historical and contemporary context, in relation to larger themes in Canadian Studies, including gender, race/ethnicity, ability, sexuality, geography, and reflects upon all aspects of hockey in Canadian life: play, fandom, sports broadcasting, and community activism.
This interdisciplinary scholarly collection is an extension of the "Hockey in Canada: More Than Just a Game" exhibition presented by the Canadian Museum of History.
Published in English. Includes one chapter in French. New & Used
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What Reviewers Are Saying
The opening section offers three outstanding essays about hockey's origin and
history. (...)
The seven "documents," I thought,
were a notable innovation. They consist of either experiential statements or brief historical
materials. (...) Two last features of the book are worth noting. One is that the
text is printed on glossy heavy-stock paper, which allows a sharp reproduction
of many colour photographs, and adds a slightly coffee-table book-like feel-a nice touch for a volume that
balances academic and popular concerns. The other is that a few of the texts
are in French. This seems especially
appropriate given the focus on diversity. (...)
Hockey: Challenging Canada's Game is an excellent interdisciplinary
resource for people interested in taking hockey seriously as a topic for
research. -- Jamie Dopp * Rethinking Hockey * De maniere
generale, on ne peut que saluer la demarche de Jenny Ellison et Jennifer
Anderson qui ont rassemble un imposant contingent de specialistes du hockey
issus d'horizons disciplinaires aussi varies que les aspects abordes. Alors que
le hockey professionnel est habituellement le centre d'interet de bien des
chercheur.e.s universitaires et detient une part importante des publications
scientifiques sur le sport au Canada, les recherches sur le hockey amateur ou
recreatif ainsi que sur le hockey feminin rassemblees ici sont un apport
significatif a la connaissance. (...) L'impression qu'on retire de la lecture de Hockey : Challenging
Canada's Game - Au-dela du sport national, c'est la volonte des codirectrices et des collaborateur.trice.s
de decoloniser le savoir sur le hockey. -- Etienne Lapointe
history. (...)
The seven "documents," I thought,
were a notable innovation. They consist of either experiential
materials. (...) Two last features of the book are worth noting. One is that the
text is printed on glossy heavy-stock paper, which allows a sharp reproduction
of many colour photographs,
balances academic and popular concerns. The other is that a few of the texts
are in French. This seems especially
appropriate given the focus on diversity. (...)
Hockey: Challenging Canada's Game is an excellent interdiscipl
resource for people interested in taking hockey seriously as a topic for
research. -- Jamie Dopp * Rethinking Hockey * De maniere
generale, on ne peut que saluer la demarche de Jenny Ellison et Jennifer
Anderson qui ont rassemble un imposant contingent de specialistes
issus d'horizons disciplinair
le hockey professionne
chercheur.e.
scientifique
recreatif ainsi que sur le hockey feminin rassemblees ici sont un apport
significatif
Canada's Game - Au-dela du sport national, c'est la volonte des codirectrice
de decoloniser le savoir sur le hockey. -- Etienne Lapointe