The Struggle for Canadian Sport

In this book, Bruce Kidd illuminates the complex and fractious process that produced the familiar contours of Canadian sport today - the hegemony of continental cartels such as the NHL, the enormous ideological power of the media, the overshadowed participation of women in sports, and the strong nationalism of the amateur Olympic sports bodies.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The State of Play
2. "The Making of Men"
3. "Girls' Sports Run by Girls"
4. Workers' Sport, Workers' Culture
5. Brand-Name Hockey
6. Capturing the State
7. Conclusion: The Triumph of Capitalist Sport
Notes
Illustration Credits
Index

About the author

Bruce Kidd is a professor emeritus in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education and university ombudsperson at the University of Toronto.

Summary

The Struggle for Canadian Sport adds to our understanding of the material and social conditions under which people created and elaborated sports and the contested ideological terrain on which sports were played and interpreted.

Product details

• Authors: Bruce Kidd Director, Bruce Kidd
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780802076649
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-7664-9
• No. of pages: 323
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 228 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 512 g
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous