Media, Culture, and the Meanings of Hockey - 9781138636286

Taylor & Francis

Media, Culture, and the Meanings of HockeyConstructing a Canadian Hockey World, 1896-1907\nAuthor(s): Stacy L. Lorenz\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138636286, 978-1138636286\nSynopsis\nThis volume examines the cultural meanings of high-level amateur and professional hockey in Canada during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In particular, the author analyzes English Canadian media narratives of Stanley Cup \""challenge\"" games and championship series between 1896 and 1907. Newspaper coverage and telegraph reconstructions of Stanley Cup challenges contributed significantly to the growth of a mediated Canadian \""hockey world\"" and a broader \""world of sport\"" during this time period. By 1903, Stanley Cup hockey games had become national Canadian events, followed by audiences across the country. Hockey also played an important role in the construction of gender and class identities, and in debate.