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The paper illustrates how the media has constructed hockey along class and along ethno-linguistic lines. The paper looks at how hockey has been aggressively associated with violence and primitiveness and how these features have therefore been associated with working-class Canadians. The paper shows how hockey culture in Canada is an illustration of the tensions and preoccupations of Canadian society as a whole.

From the Paper
"The most obvious thing that springs to mind is that the media in Canada has enjoyed - if "enjoyed" is the right word - a curious relationship with the game of hockey. For one thing, ancient accounts of the game when it was first pushing its way into the commercial mainstream of Canadian society at the turn of the twentieth century seem to reveal a "chattering classes" that was acutely conscious of class divides. Specifically, newspaper accounts of the old International Hockey League that briefly survived from 1904 to 1907 suggest that the violence of the sport was rooted in its close association with working-class Canadians who played the professional game and who supported the professional game in large numbers (Mason & Duquette, 2004)."

Tags:violence, masses, sentiments, nationalism

Abstract
This paper examines hockey culture in Canada and how it has been shaped by its interactions with the media. Specifically, it considers how hockey has been aggressively associated with violence and with primitiveness and how these features of the national game have been associated with working-class Canadians.The paper notes that the image and culture of hockey in Canada have both been formulated into something that is working-class, violent, and lacking refinement.

From the Paper
"The following paper will look at hockey culture in Canada and how it has been shaped by its interactions with the media. Specifically, the ensuing paper will look at how hockey has been aggressively associated with violence and with primitiveness and how these features of the national game have been, in turn, associated with working-class Canadians. In short, the image and culture of hockey in Canada have both been formulated into something that is working-class, violent, and lacking of European (and elite) refinement. Not to be overlooked, the use of hockey as a metaphor for sentiments that might not be easily articulated in any other..."

Tags:hockey, culture, canada

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The name Hockey Night in Canada brings a fervor in Canadians of all ages. Hockey is a way of life in Canada and it as strong in their culture as the French and English language that is spoken throughout the nation. When people around the world think of Canadians they think hockey. When Canadians think of themselves they breath hockey. The difference between thinking and breathing hockey is what separates Canadians from the rest of the world-hockey is not a sport they do will in, it is a way of life ("Going Bananas").

From the Paper
Decoding Hockey Night in Canada Canada is advanced in its media in comparison to other countries including the United States, but the type of programming offered is taking a backseat to the United States. Canada imports much of its programming for film, television and magazines from the Untied States. Sales related revenues from Canadian media are intertwined with the American programming from the United States. Although the media in Canada is a for-profit business, there is still strong government intervention in terms of tax laws, broadcasting and publishing. The government has even placed limits on the amount of foreign advertising allowed in publishing and

Tags:cbc, ctv, hockey

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There are a few stereotypical images that spring to mind when one thinks of Canada's national identity, and hockey is inevitably one of them. Is this sport really a part of Canada's national identity, or has it become an empty corporate shell? This paper discusses the book "Hockey Night in Canada", by Richard Gruneau and David Whitson and the message it conveys about the Canadian cultural and national identity.

Tags:hockey, canada, culture

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The paper discusses how Canada is associated with ice hockey and Canadians themselves identify with hockey, a sport that has been an integral part of the nation's society since its early origins. The paper notes that as Canadian teams perform quite well in hockey on a global scale, hockey represents the face of success that Canada presents to the rest of the world. The paper explains that some Canadians believe that hockey is such an intrinsic part of Canadian culture that it represents Canada's life, religion, and politics, and this is because hockey is not only Canada's national emblem, it is a part of the personal history of the people and it is emphasized by the media and society at large.

Tags:canada, hockey, culture

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In this paper, the reviewer analyzes Patricia Hughes Fuller's article "'Am I Canadian?': Hockey as 'National' Culture" to highlight the differences between American and Canadian culture. The concept that Canada is very similar to America, in fact described as a "little America" is challenged through the Canadian attitude toward hockey. Hockey is described in the article as defining Canada's national identity. The reviewer further suggests that hockey is also seen as a symbol of Canada's own values. The paper concludes by citing the importance of the Canadian media in promoting hockey as a national sport, and by quoting Fuller, who suggests that hockey is the prime venue by which to see how Canadians and Americans differ.

From the Paper
"Both Canadians and Americans have become painfully aware of the fact that many see both nations as sharing similar cultures and heritages, although Fuller points out that this is most definitely not the case. While Americans are often seen as power-hungry, know-it-alls who want to idealize Canada as a little America, Canadians see the two countries as coming from completely different cultures. Fuller uses Canadian media to strengthen the argument that hockey highlights the differences between the two countries."

Tags:patriotism, national identity, Canada, sports, ice hockey

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This paper provides an analysis of the first chapter in Gruneau and Whitson's book "Hockey Night in Canada: Sport, Identities and Cultural Politics." The chapter is entitled "Hockey and the Politics of Culture," and offers the reader an introduction to the subject of hockey and the politics of culture. According to the paper, the organizing theme of the chapter appears to be to wrestle with the key question: "What has hockey got to do with culture?" The authors do not definitively answer this question. However, they do offer an excellent overview of the various ways in which we can approach the question.

From the Paper
"Chapter 1 of Gruneau and Whitson's Hockey Night in Canada: Sport, Identities and Cultural Politics is entitled "Hockey and the Politics of Culture," and offers the reader an introduction to the subject of hockey and the politics of culture. The organizing theme of the chapter appears to be to wrestle with the key question: "What has hockey got to do with culture?" The authors do not definitively answer this question. However, they do offer an excellent overview of the various ways in which we can approach the question."

Tags:hockey, canada, culture

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There is no doubt that hockey in Canada is a rich field for the exploration of the most pervasive myths of Canadian culture. Specifically, the poems in John B. Lee's "The Hockey Player Sonnets: Overtime Edition" evoke some of these myths. However, there are significant differences between the myths that are reflected in Lee's poems, and the myths that are alluded to in Richard Gruneau's and David Whitson's "Hockey Night in Canada" and Elizabeth Etue's and Megan K. Williams's "On the Edge". These differences are explored in this essay.

Tags:hockey, canada, myths

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This paper looks at how hockey, arguably Canada's most popular sport, is so engrained in Canadian culture that Canadian identification with it begins at an early age. The paper points out how, along with Richard Gruneau and David Whitson, the authors of "Hockey Night in Canada: Sports Identities and Cultural Politics", Canadian youth over the decades have grown up with a fairly stylized and masculine ideal of the sport and its place in Canadian society.

Tags:gender, hockey, canada

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In this article, the writer mentions that the labor movement had cemented the concept of leisure time into the middle-class, Canadian mindset permanently. The writer points out that the development of institutionalized hockey in early Canadian life was a way to define the meaning of the sport, understand why it was played, and how these factors contributed to social life and behavior. Further, the writer maintains that hockey played an important part in the formation of early Canadian stuff.

From the Paper
"Canadian culture is an elusive concept. The vast geography of the country, coupled with hundreds of years of steady immigration, make any single national phenomenon difficult to define. One cultural factor that many Canadians can agree on is the national sport of hockey. In the book Hockey Night in Canada, Richard Gruneau and David Whitson examine this cultural phenomenon and how it affects the Canadian mindset. The authors state at the beginning of Chapter 2 that "one of the many indicators of hockey's growing importance in Canadian popular culture" was the fierce debate that continues to rage over where in the country the game first originated. The three cities vying for the title seem ... "

Tags:hockey, history, cultural