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Sports & Recreation Hockey

Hockey Night in Canada

Sports, Identities, and Cultural Politics

by (author) Richard Gruneau & David Whitson

Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division
Initial publish date
Sep 1994
Category
Hockey
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781920059057
    Publish Date
    Sep 1994
    List Price
    $27.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780920059050
    Publish Date
    Jan 1994
    List Price
    $31.95

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Description

Published Under the Garamond Imprint

Hockey Night in Canada will appeal to all readers interested in the wider implications of sport in our society. The authors look at the roots of the modern game. They discuss such elements as the everyday working world of professional hockey, hockey in small communities, violence in professional and minor leagues, and issues of Canadian identity. The book examines the profound changes and pressures on hockey within a growing global marketplace for commercial spectacle. 

About the authors

Richard Gruneau is a Professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. In addition to co-authoring Hockey Night in Canada, he is the author of Class, Sports, and Social Development (University of Massachusetts Press, 1983).

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David Whitson is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta. He is co-author, with Richard Gruneau, of the widely acclaimed Hockey Night in Canada: Sport, Identities, and Cultural Politics (Garamond Press, 1993).

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