Artificial Ice : : Hockey, Culture, and Commerce /

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

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 Amer...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.)
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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

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