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Artifical ice : hockey, cultural and commerce /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto, ON. :
Braodview Press,
2006
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PART ONE Hockey in Contemporary Canadian Culture""; ""CHAPTER ONE Whose Sweater Is This? The Changing Meanings of Hockey in Quebec""; ""CHAPTER TWO Selective Memory in a Global Culture: Reconsidering Links between Youth, Hockey, and Canadian Identity""; ""CHAPTER THREE The Game of Whose Lives? Gender, Race, and Entitlement in Canada�s “National� Game""; ""CHAPTER FOUR Women�s Hockey in Canada: After the “Gold Rush�""; ""CHAPTER FIVE Hockey Canada and the Bodychecking Debate in Minor Hockey""
- ""CHAPTER SIX Racialization and Hockey in Canada: From Personal Troubles to a Canadian Challenge""""PART TWO The Political Economy of Hockey""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN Playing with the Big Boys: Smaller Markets, Competitive Balance, and the Hope for a Championship Team""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT Hockey Night in the United States? The NHL, Major League Sports, and the Evolving Television/Media Marketplace""; ""CHAPTER NINE Expanding the Footprint? Questioning the NHL�s Expansion and Relocation Strategy""
- ""CHAPTER TEN From Maple Leaf Gardens to the Air Canada Centre: The Downtown Entertainment Economy in “World Class� Toronto""""CHAPTER ELEVEN Have Skates, Will Travel: Canada, International Hockey, and the Changing Hockey Labour Market""; ""CHAPTER TWELVE Globalization in Professional Sport: Comparisons and Contrasts between Hockey and European Football""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""; ""INDEX""