Montreal Canadiens - Rethinking a Legend

Featuring a wide range of writing on Le Grand Club and its social significance, the book offers a fresh and fascinating perspective on one of Canada’s greatest sports teams.

List of contents

Introduction: The Montreal Canadiens as a Social Fact (Audrey Laurin-Lamothe and Nicolas Moreau and Marie-Pier Rivest)

Chapter 1: The Richard/Campbell Affair: Hockey as a Vehicle for Quebec Francophone Affirmation (Suzanne Laberge)

Chapter 2: The Passion of the Canadiens on the Red Line: between Faith and Idolatry (Olivier Bauer)

Chapter 3: We are Habs and Normative (Nicolas Moreau and Chloé Nahas)

Chapter 4: The Montreal Canadiens as a Popular Object: Representations of Tradition (Fannie Valois-Nadeau)

Chapter 5: Is Culture a Factor Here? The Implications of the Corporation of the Montreal Canadiens for Quebec Society (Audrey Laurin-Lamothe)

Chapter 6: “The City is Hockey”: Beyond the Slogan, a Quest for Identity (Jonathan Cha)

Chapter 7: “Bread and circuses”: Reading Juvenal in Montreal (Alain Deneault)

Conclusion: The Quebecness of the Montreal Canadiens (Nicolas Moreau and Audrey Laurin-Lamothe)

About the author

Edited by Nicolas Moreau and Audrey Laurin-Lamothe with Marie-Pier Rivest
Translated by Howard Scott

Summary

Featuring a wide range of writing on Le Grand Club and its social significance, the book offers a fresh and fascinating perspective on one of Canada’s greatest sports teams.

Product details

• Authors: Nicolas Moreau, Nicolas Laurin-Lamothe Moreau, Marie-pier (CON)/ Moreau Rivest
• Assisted by: Audrey Laurin-Lamothe (Editor), Nicolas Moreau (Editor), Howard Scott (Translation)
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9781442626331
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-2633-1
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Winter sport; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries