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  • Hockey: Challenging Canada’s Game – Au-delà du sport national
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  • Edited by Jenny Ellison and Jennifer Anderson. With contributions by Carly Adams, Paul Aikenhead, Kristi Allain, Paul Bennett, Jennifer Conway, Richard Gruneau, AndrewC. Holman, Nathan Kalman-Lamb, Denyse Lafrance Horning, Jason Laurendeau, Cheryl MacDonald, Benoît Melançon, Joe Pelletier, Michael Robidoux, Andrew Ross, Robert Rutherdale, Emily Sadler, Tobias Stark, Julie Stevens, Courtney Szto, Laurent Turcot, Hayley Wickenheiser and John Willis.
  • 2018
  • Published by: University of Ottawa Press
  • Series: Mercury Series / La Collection Mercure
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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. 

This book is published in English. Includes one chapter in French.

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Le hockey est le sport des Canadiens Les expériences et les souvenirs que nous partageons – lacer ses patins pour la toute première fois, jouer une partie de hockey de rue, le but historique marqué par Sidney Crosby, ou celui de Maurice Richard – font du hockey bien plus qu’un sport. Bien que le lien entre hockey et identité nationale ait été étudié, il faut s’interroger sur la place qu’occupe ce sport dans notre compréhension des identités canadiennes diverses et multiples d’aujourd’hui. Cet ouvrage interdisciplinaire explore le hockey tant comme sport professionnel qu’amateur, depuis une approche tantôt historique, tantôt actuelle, en lien avec des problématiques en Études canadiennes, dont le genre, la race et l’ethnicité, la compétence, la sexualité, la géographique, et lance une réflexion sur les divers aspects du hockey dans la vie des Canadiens : le jeu, les supporters, la radiodiffusion, l’activisme communautaire. 

Cet ouvrage complète l’exposition de « Hockey : Plus qu’un simple jeu », présentée par le Musée canadien de l’histoire. 

Ce livre est publié en anglais. Comprend un chapitre en français.

Table of Contents

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Abstract
  2. pp. i-vi
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-xiv
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  1. List of Figures
  2. pp. xv-xvi
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  1. Acknowledgements
  2. pp. xvii-xviii
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  1. Préface
  2. Chantal Machabée
  3. pp. xix-xx
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  1. Introduction: Challenging Hockey
  2. Jenny Ellison and Jennifer Anderson
  3. pp. 1-16
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  1. Hockey: More Than Just a Game Images from the Canadian Museum of History Exhibition, March-October 2017
  2. pp. 17-22
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  1. Part I: Debating Hockey’s Origins
  1. 1. A Flag of Tendons: Hockey and Canadian History
  2. Andrew C. Holman
  3. pp. 25-44
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  1. 2. Re-Imagining the Creation: Popular Mythology, the Mi’kmaq, and the Origins of Canadian Hockey
  2. Paul W. Bennett
  3. pp. 45-60
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  1. 3. Imagining a Canadian Identity through Sport: An Historical Interpretation of Lacrosse and Hockey
  2. Michael A. Robidoux
  3. pp. 61-76
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  1. Document 1. Excerpts from The Survivors Speak: A Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (2015)
  2. pp. 77-82
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  1. Part II: Childhoods
  1. Document 2. In the Beginning Was the Sweater: L’abominable feuille d’érable of Ste-Justine
  2. John Willis
  3. pp. 85-96
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  1. 4. Decolonizing the Hockey Novel: Ambivalence and Apotheosis in Richard Wagamese’s Indian Horse
  2. Sam McKegney and Trevor J. Phillips
  3. pp. 97-110
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  1. 5. “Here they come! Look them over!”: Youth, Citizenship, and the Emergence of Minor Hockey in Canada
  2. Carly Adams and Jason Laurendeau
  3. pp. 111-124
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  1. 6. A Myth within a Myth: “Outdoor Shinny” as the Nursery for Canada’s National Game
  2. Robert Rutherdale
  3. pp. 125-138
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  1. Part III: Whose Game?
  1. Document 3: Skating in the Drainage Ditches
  2. Hayley Wickenheiser
  3. pp. 141-142
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  1. Document 4: Tyrone’s Story
  2. Emily Sadler
  3. pp. 143-146
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  1. 7. Thirty Years of “Going Global”: Women’s International Hockey, Cultural Diplomacy, and the Pursuit of Excellence
  2. Julie Stevens
  3. pp. 147-164
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  1. 8. Women’s Recreational Hockey: A New Player Profile
  2. Denyse Lafrance Horning
  3. pp. 165-178
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  1. Part IV: Reporting Hockey
  1. Document 5: Hockey in New Media
  2. Joe Pelletier
  3. pp. 181-182
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  1. 9. O Canada, We Stand On Guard For Thee: Representations of Canadian Hockey Players in the Swedish Press, 1920–2016
  2. Tobias Stark
  3. pp. 183-198
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  1. 10. The Hockey Night in Canada Punjabi Broadcast: A Case Study in Ethnic Sports Media
  2. Courtney Szto and Richard Gruneau
  3. pp. 199-216
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  1. 11. Taking Slap Shots at the House: When the Canadian Media Turn Curlers into Hockey Players
  2. Kristi A. Allain
  3. pp. 217-230
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  1. 12. Tweeting Sexism and Homophobia: Gender and Sexuality in the Digital Lives of Male Major Midget AAA Hockey Players in Canada
  2. Cheryl A. MacDonald
  3. pp. 231-242
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  1. Part V: Rethinking the Pros
  1. Document 6. Maurice Richard: notre icône
  2. Benoît Melançon
  3. pp. 245-248
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  1. Document 7. Joseph Cletus (Joe) Malone, 1890-1969
  2. Marc Durand
  3. pp. 249-250
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  1. 13. Trust and Antitrust: The Failure of the First National Hockey League Players’ Association, 1956–1958
  2. J. Andrew Ross
  3. pp. 251-270
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  1. 14. Eric Lindros et les Nordiques de Québec : deux solitudes ?
  2. Laurent Turcot
  3. pp. 271-286
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  1. 15. Whiteness and Hockey in Canada: Lessons from Semi-Structured Interviews with Retired Professional Players
  2. Nathan Kalman-Lamb
  3. pp. 287-300
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 301-304
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 305-316
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