In Canada, hockey plays an important role in formulating the nation as an imagined community. Many in the national imaginary use sport to tell important stories about what it means to be Canadian, highlighting its role in the hegemonic development of the nation as a settler-colonial space. At the same time, however, the game plays an important counter-hegemonic role, challenging the centrality of particular actors to the Canadian nation. While being attentive to these tensions, this course examines the construction of hockey as a defining feature of the nation, the stories it tells about Canada, Canadian politics, Canadian people(s) and other actors. It explores the ways that, what has been called Canada’s game, tells important stories about Canada’s place globally and how the game flags various contemporary and historic social tensions.
- 教師: Allain Kristi