Hockey: Challenging Canada's Game - Au-delà du sport national

by Jenny Ellison (Editor), Jennifer Anderson (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780776625997
Publisher:	Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press
Publication date:	04/25/2018
Series:	Mercury
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Jenny Ellison and Jennifer Anderson are the curators of the exhibition on hockey in Canada for the Canadian Museum of History. Anderson is a historian at the Canadian Museum of History and has written on the history of Canadian-Russian relations. Ellison is Curator of Sport and Leisure at the Canadian Museum of History. She is the co-editor of Obesity in Canada: Historical and Critical Perspectives (University of Toronto Press).

Read an Excerpt

Hockey is important to many people, but there is an inherent tension in claiming it is Canada’s game. Hockey reflects Canada’s social history. Through it we see how Canada has become more inclusive, but also that there is an ongoing need to address inequities and exclusions between groups of people.

Editorial Reviews

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.

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