Refereeing identity the cultural work of Canadian hockey novels /

Buma, Michael, 1979-

Refereeing identity the cultural work of Canadian hockey novels / Michael Buma. - Montréal [Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2012. (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2012). - 1 online resource (x, 324 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- 1 Hockey and Canadian identity -- 2 The myth in crisis -- 3 Unity through hockey? -- 4 National manhood -- 5 Myths and masculinity -- 6 The homosocial dressing room -- Conclusion -- Appendix.

What "national pastime" novels tell us about Canada.



9780773586987


Hockey in literature.
National characteristics, Canadian, in literature.
Hockey--Social aspects--Canada.


Electronic Books.

PR9185 / .R444 2012