Artificial Ice : : Hockey, Culture, and Commerce / / ed. by David Whitson, Richard Gruneau.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ACUP Complete eBook-Package Pre-2010
• MitwirkendeR: Adams, Mary Louise,; Ammirante, Julian,; Bellamy, Robert,; Cantelon, Hart,; Hannigan, John,; Harvey, Jean,; MacGregor, Roy,; Mason, Dan,; Pitter, Robert,; Robidoux, Michael,; Rosentraub, Mark,; Shultz, Kelly,; Stevens, Julie,; Trudel, Pierre,; Wilson, Brian,
• HerausgeberIn: Gruneau, Richard,; Whitson, David ,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2006]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)

Artificial Ice explores how hockey has moved from popular pastime to commercial entertainment product, and one struggling to maintain its stature in the North American entertainment market. Contributors to Artificial Ice discuss the changing character of "major league" sports in North America, the strategic mistakes of the NHL in trying to enlarge its US presence, the importance of television to the economics of sports today, and the role of luxury sports facilities in the new "downtown" economy. The book highlights profound social and cultural changes within hockey, as well as in the global market for sporting spectacles.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Hockey in Contemporary Canadian Culture -- Chapter 1. Whose Sweater Is This? The Changing Meanings of Hockey in Quebec -- Chapter 2. Selective Memory in a Global Culture: Reconsidering Links between Youth,Hockey, and Canadian Identity -- Chapter 3. The Game of Whose Lives? Gender, Race, and Entitlement in Canada’s “National” Game -- Chapter 4. Women’s Hockey in Canada: After the “Gold Rush” -- Chapter 5. Hockey Canada and the Bodychecking Debate in Minor Hockey -- Chapter 6. Racialization and Hockey in Canada: From Personal Troubles to a Canadian Challenge -- Part II: The Political Economy of Hockey -- Chapter 7. Playing with the Big Boys: Smaller Markets, Competitive Balance, and the Hope for a Championship Team -- Chapter 8. Hockey Night in the United States? The NHL,Major League Sports, and the Evolving Television/Media Marketplace -- Chapter 9. Expanding the Footprint? Questioning the NHL’s Expansion and Relocation Strategy -- Chapter 10. From Maple Leaf Gardens to the Air Canada Centre: The Downtown Entertainment Economy in “World Class” Toronto -- Chapter 11. Have Skates,Will Travel: Canada, International Hockey, and the Changing Hockey Labour Market -- Chapter 12. Globalization in Professional Sport: Comparisons and Contrasts between Hockey and European Football -- Contributors -- Index