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    Artificial Ice
    Hockey, Culture, and Commerce

    David Whitson (Edited by), Richard Gruneau (Edited by)

    9781551930558

    Paperback / softback, published 1 May 2006

    288 pages
    22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.4 kg

    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

    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.

    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
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