Overview

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.

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Author:   David Whitson ,  Richard Gruneau
Publisher:   Garamond Press
Imprint:   Garamond Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9781551930558

ISBN 10:   1551930552
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   01 May 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Foreword, Roy MacGregor Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Hockey in Contemporary Canadian Culture 1. Whose Sweater Is This? The Changing Meanings of Hockey in Quebec Jean Harvey   2. Selective Memory in a Global Culture: Reconsidering Links between Youth, Hockey, and Canadian Identity  Brian Wilson   3. The Game of Whose Lives? Gender, Race, and Entitlement in Canada's ""National"" Game  Mary Louise Adams 4. Women's Hockey in Canada: After the ""Gold Rush"" Julie Stevens   5. Hockey Canada and the Bodychecking Debate in Minor Hockey Michael Robidoux and Pierre Trudel   6. Racialization and Hockey in Canada: From Personal Troubles to a Canadian Challenge Robert Pitter Part II: The Political Economy of Hockey 7. Playing with the Big Boys: Smaller Markets, Competitive Balance, and the Hope for a Championship Team  Mark Rosentraub   8. Hockey Night in the United States? The NHL, Major League Sports, and the Evolving Television/Media Marketplace  Robert Bellamy and Kelly Shultz   9. Expanding the Footprint? Questioning the NHL's Expansion and Relocation Strategy  Dan Mason   10. From Maple Leaf Gardens to the Air Canada Centre: The Downtown Entertainment Economy in ""World Class"" Toronto  John Hannigan 11. Have Skates, Will Travel: Canada, International Hockey, and the Changing Hockey Labour Market  Hart Cantelon 12. Globalization in Professional Sport: Comparisons and Contrasts between Hockey and European Football Julian Ammirante Contributors Index"

Reviews

The one-two punch of David Whitson and Richard Gruneau is fast gaining the reputation of being the academic equivalent of the New York Islanders' prolific on-ice tandem of Bryan Trottier and Mike Bossy. Following upon their ealier collaboration, Hockey Night in Canada, the duo assembled a gifted cast of academics to write Artificial Ice. The final product is a set of twelve well-crafted essays that are informative and insightful. This edited volume shows the cultural implications of hockey, not only in Canada but globally, as well as the economic and political side of the sport. -- American Review of Canadian Studies

Author Information

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). 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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