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The Same but DifferentHockey in Quebec |
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Canada may be all about hockey, but how much does the rest of Canada know about the game in Quebec?
From coast to coast, hockey is played, watched, loved, and detested, but it means something different in Quebec. Although much of English Canada believes that hockey is a fanatically followed social unifier in the French-speaking province, in reality it has always been politicized, divided, and troubled by religion, class, gender, and language.
In The Same but Different, writers from inside and outside Quebec assess the game’s history and culture in the province from the nineteenth century to the present. This volume surveys the past and present uses of hockey and how it has been represented in literature, drama, television, and autobiography. While the legendary Montreal Canadiens loom throughout the book’s chapters, the collection also discusses Quebecers’ favourite sport beyond the team’s shadow. Employing a broad range of approaches including study of gender, memory, and culture, the authors examine how hockey has become a lightning rod for discussions about Québécois identity.
Hockey reveals much about Quebec and its relationship with the rest of Canada. The Same but Different brings new insights into the celebrated game as a site for community engagement, social conflict, and national expression.
In The Same but Different, writers from inside and outside Quebec assess the game’s history and culture in the province from the nineteenth century to the present. This volume surveys the past and present uses of hockey and how it has been represented in literature, drama, television, and autobiography. While the legendary Montreal Canadiens loom throughout the book’s chapters, the collection also discusses Quebecers’ favourite sport beyond the team’s shadow. Employing a broad range of approaches including study of gender, memory, and culture, the authors examine how hockey has become a lightning rod for discussions about Québécois identity.
Hockey reveals much about Quebec and its relationship with the rest of Canada. The Same but Different brings new insights into the celebrated game as a site for community engagement, social conflict, and national expression.
Details
352 Pages, 6 x 9
1 image, 3 tables
ISBN 9780773550551
August 2017
Formats: Paperback, eBook
“Hockey is so integral to Canadian culture and The Same but Different is an important reference on hockey in Quebec. The authors’ new and original readings of hockey from French and English points of view are original, interesting, and valuable.” Jean Harvey, University of Ottawa
“How does language and culture influence sport’s place and portrayal in a given society? In The Same But Different, the complex topic of hockey’s representation in Quebec is explored over 10 essays, written by Anglo- and French-Canadian authors … This is not a typical bedtime-reading hockey history book, though it will appeal to the academic side of fans." Sal Berry, The Hockey News
« Si le hockey est à juste titre perçu comme un élément de culture contribuant à la mise en place d’une identité canadienne, The Same But Different réussit à démontrer que le même hockey est aussi le lieu d’une identité québécoise qui diffère à de nombreux égards. Et le grand mérite de cet ouvrage est de permettre à un public anglophone de prendre connaissance de ce fait social à la lecture des dix études qui font de ce livre un incontournable pour quiconque s’intéresse au sport, et plus particulièrement au hockey, en tant qu’élément culturel constitutif des identités tant nationale que sociale. » Revue d’histoire de l’Amérique française
“How does language and culture influence sport’s place and portrayal in a given society? In The Same But Different, the complex topic of hockey’s representation in Quebec is explored over 10 essays, written by Anglo- and French-Canadian authors … This is not a typical bedtime-reading hockey history book, though it will appeal to the academic side of fans." Sal Berry, The Hockey News
« Si le hockey est à juste titre perçu comme un élément de culture contribuant à la mise en place d’une identité canadienne, The Same But Different réussit à démontrer que le même hockey est aussi le lieu d’une identité québécoise qui diffère à de nombreux égards. Et le grand mérite de cet ouvrage est de permettre à un public anglophone de prendre connaissance de ce fait social à la lecture des dix études qui font de ce livre un incontournable pour quiconque s’intéresse au sport, et plus particulièrement au hockey, en tant qu’élément culturel constitutif des identités tant nationale que sociale. » Revue d’histoire de l’Amérique française
Jason Blake is professor of English literature at the University of Ljubljana.
Andrew C. Holman is professor of history and director of the Canadian Studies Program at Bridgewater State University, and editor of Canada’s Game: Hockey and Identity.
Andrew C. Holman is professor of history and director of the Canadian Studies Program at Bridgewater State University, and editor of Canada’s Game: Hockey and Identity.
Contents
1 The Depression Hockey League in Montreal, 1932-1960:
Sport and Masculine Civic Performance before the
Quiet Revolution 14
Andrew C. Holman
2 Montreal’s Francophone Hockey Beginnings, 1895-1910 36
Michel Vigneault
3 La Soirée du Hockey in Montreal:
National Stakes in a Cultural War 62
Emmanuel Lapierre
4 Hockey and Philanthropy: The Legacy of the Montreal
Canadiens Children’s Foundation 85
Fannie Valois-Nadeau
5 Labour, Francophonization, and National Identity in
Hockey’s Battle of Quebec, 1980-1983 103
Terry Vaios Gitersos
6 The “House of Hockey”: Spatialized Memories of the
Montreal Forum 125
Julie Perrone
7 “He Shoots! He Scores!”: Language and Gender Politics in
the Quebec Television Series Lance et compte 143
Amy J. Ransom
8 Two Hundred Years for Fighting: “A History of Resistance”
in Two Bilingual Hockey Plays 169
Frazer Andrews
9 Richard and the Rest: Quebec in Hockey Fiction 185
Jason Blake
10 La force d’y croire: The Literary Battles of Georges Laraque 209
Paul Martin
Notes 237
Bibliography 305
Contributors 329
Index 331
1 The Depression Hockey League in Montreal, 1932-1960:
Sport and Masculine Civic Performance before the
Quiet Revolution 14
Andrew C. Holman
2 Montreal’s Francophone Hockey Beginnings, 1895-1910 36
Michel Vigneault
3 La Soirée du Hockey in Montreal:
National Stakes in a Cultural War 62
Emmanuel Lapierre
4 Hockey and Philanthropy: The Legacy of the Montreal
Canadiens Children’s Foundation 85
Fannie Valois-Nadeau
5 Labour, Francophonization, and National Identity in
Hockey’s Battle of Quebec, 1980-1983 103
Terry Vaios Gitersos
6 The “House of Hockey”: Spatialized Memories of the
Montreal Forum 125
Julie Perrone
7 “He Shoots! He Scores!”: Language and Gender Politics in
the Quebec Television Series Lance et compte 143
Amy J. Ransom
8 Two Hundred Years for Fighting: “A History of Resistance”
in Two Bilingual Hockey Plays 169
Frazer Andrews
9 Richard and the Rest: Quebec in Hockey Fiction 185
Jason Blake
10 La force d’y croire: The Literary Battles of Georges Laraque 209
Paul Martin
Notes 237
Bibliography 305
Contributors 329
Index 331
Author's website
Segment on Plus on est de fou, plus on lit!
Toronto Star feature of books on hockey by Sarah Murdoch
Publisher's Weekly review
Interview on CBC Homerun, Quebec City with Saroja Coelho
Interview on Global News Morning, Montreal with Laura Casella
Interview on CBC All in A Weekend with Sonali Karnick
Segment on Plus on est de fou, plus on lit!
Toronto Star feature of books on hockey by Sarah Murdoch
Publisher's Weekly review
Interview on CBC Homerun, Quebec City with Saroja Coelho
Interview on Global News Morning, Montreal with Laura Casella
Interview on CBC All in A Weekend with Sonali Karnick
