Hockey, PQ : Canada's Game in Quebec's Popular Culture by Amy Ransom (2014, Trade Paperback)

University of Toronto Press

1442616199

9781442616196

177264504

280 Pages

English

Hockey, Pq : Canada's Game in Quebec's Popular Culture

2014

Canada / General, Hockey, Canadian, General

Textbook

Literary Criticism, Art, Sports & Recreation, Social Science, History

Amy Ransom

Trade Paperback

0.8 in

14.9 Oz

9.1 in

6.1 in

Scholarly & Professional

2014-453046

'Scholars who are looking into the question of how hockey resonates with Quebec and Canadian culture will have to make a reference to this work that looks at a region that is often missing from other studies.' --J. Andrew Ross, Journal of Canadian Studies vol 49:03:2015, "The product of an impressive amount of research, Hockey, PQoffers an original and important contribution to the study of hockey in Canadian culture."--Jamie Dopp, Department of English, University of Victoria "Hockey, PQis the very first attempt to address Quebec's relationship with hockey with such a scope and in such a perspective. Amy Ransom has a very impressive knowledge of the subject matter - who else could devote so many pages to hockey-player-turned-singer Bob Bissonette?"--Benoît Melançon, Department of French Literature, Université de Montréal "Hockey, PQis clever and insightful - an impressively smart book. The writing is crisp and fresh, as is Amy J. Ransom's perspective. Ransom's book explains ably and critically for anglophone readers the nature of Québécois affinities for and antagonisms with 'notre sport national.' Covering film, music, science fiction, and myth, this book maps out a broad scope for hockey's place in the popular consciousness."--Andrew Holman, Department of History, Bridgewater State University, 'Scholars who are looking into the question of how hockey resonates with Quebec and Canadian culture will have to make a reference to this work that looks at a region that is often missing from other studies.'

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College Graduate Student

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Acknowledgements Introduction: Hockey as Nationalist Marker in Quebec Film, But Which Nationalism? Chapter One: From Canadiens to Québécois: Maurice Richard as National Hero Chapter Two: "The Nordiques Have Disappeared!": Hockey, Science Fiction and Nationalist Fantasies in Quebec Chapter Three: Plus ça change...:The Hockey-Themed Television Series Lance et compteas a Reflection of Quebec Society Chapter Four: Real Men Play Hockey: Sport, Masculinity & National Identity in the Les BoysFilms Chapter Five: Rock and Roll, Skate and Slide: Hockey Music as an Expression of National Identity in Quebec Conclusion: Hockey isQuebec Notes Works Cited

A wide-ranging study that examines everything from the blockbuster movie franchise Les Boys to the sovereigntist hip hop group Loco Locass, Hockey, PQ explores how Canada's national sport has been used to signify a specific Québécois identity. Amy J. Ransom analyzes how Québécois writers, filmmakers, and musicians have appropriated symbols like the Montreal Forum, Maurice Richard, or the 1972 Summit Series to construct or critique images of the Québécois male. Close analyses of hockey-themed narratives consider the soap opera Lance et compte ('He shoots, he scores'), the music of former pro player Bob Bisonnette, folk band Mes Aïeux, rock group Les Dales Hawerchuk, and the fiction of François Barcelo. Through these examinations of the role hockey plays in contemporary francophone popular culture, Ransom shows how Quebec's popular culture uses hockey to distinguish French-Canadians from the French and to rally them against their English-speaking counterparts. In the end, however, this study illuminates how the sport of hockey unites the two solitudes., A wide-ranging study that examines everything from the blockbuster movie franchise Les Boysto the sovereigntist hip hop group Loco Locass, Hockey, PQexplores how Canada's national sport has been used to signify a specific Québécois identity. Amy J. Ransom analyzes how Québécois writers, filmmakers, and musicians have appropriated symbols like the Montreal Forum, Maurice Richard, or the 1972 Summit Series to construct or critique images of the Québécois male. Close analyses of hockey-themed narratives consider the soap opera Lance et compte('He shoots, he scores'), the music of former pro player Bob Bisonnette, folk band Mes Aïeux, rock group Les Dales Hawerchuk, and the fiction of François Barcelo. Through these examinations of the role hockey plays in contemporary francophone popular culture, Ransom shows how Quebec's popular culture uses hockey to distinguish French-Canadians from the French and to rally them against their English-speaking counterparts. In the end, however, this study illuminates how the sport of hockey unites the two solitudes., A wide-ranging study that examines everything from the blockbuster movie franchise Les Boys to the sovereigntist hip hop group Loco Locass, Hockey, PQ explores how Canada's national sport has been used to signify a specific Qu b cois identity. Amy J. Ransom analyzes how Qu b cois writers, filmmakers, and musicians have appropriated symbols like the Montreal Forum, Maurice Richard, or the 1972 Summit Series to construct or critique images of the Qu b cois male. Close analyses of hockey-themed narratives consider the soap opera Lance et compte ('He shoots, he scores'), the music of former pro player Bob Bisonnette, folk band Mes A eux, rock group Les Dales Hawerchuk, and the fiction of Fran ois Barcelo. Through these examinations of the role hockey plays in contemporary francophone popular culture, Ransom shows how Quebec's popular culture uses hockey to distinguish French-Canadians from the French and to rally them against their English-speaking counterparts. In the end, however, this study illuminates how the sport of hockey unites the two solitudes., Hockey, PQ explores how Canada's national sport has been used to signify a specific Québécois identity.

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