Sport, Identity and Social Division in Canada
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35 2007
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Courtney W. Mason - The Glengarry Highland Games, 1948-2003: Problematizing the Role of Tourism, Scottish Cultural Institutions, and the Cultivation of Nostalgia in the Construction of Identities
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Heather Mair - Curling in Canada: From Gathering Place to International Spectacle
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Russell Field - Manufacturing Memories and Directing Dreams: Commemoration, Community, and the Closing of Maple Leaf Gardens
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Janice Forsyth - The Indian Act and the (Re)Shaping of Canadian Aboriginal Sport Practices
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Dawn E. Trussell - Children’s Sport Participation in Canada: Is it a Level Playing Field?
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P. David Howe - Integration of Paralympic Athletes into Athletics Canada
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Judy Davidson - Homophobia, Fundamentalism, and Canadian Tolerance: Enabling Gay Games III in Vancouver
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William Bridel - Considering Gender in Canadian Sport and Physical Activity
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Jack Jedwabv - Giving Hockey’s Past a Future: When Identity Meets Demography in Canadian Sports
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Trevor W. Harrison - Anti-Canadianism: Explaining the Deep Roots of a Shallow Phenomenon
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In February 1999, the Toronto Maple Leafs moved from Maple Leaf Gardens (MLG) to a modern new arena, Air Canada Centre (ACC), events that were telecast live in conjunction with “Hockey Night in Canada.” These were produced shows intended to highlight certain narratives, communicate certain messages, and select for viewing certain elements. An analysis of them reveals important meanings in the confluence of sport, place, and representation, as well as iconographic messages about Canadian identity. In commemorating one arena and inaugurating another, these telecasts operationalized a “discourse of tradition,” which produced subjects who shared the preferred memories of MLG that were being celebrated and transferred to ACC.Hide -