APA 3123 Hockey and Canadian Culture
3 units
Human Kinetics
Faculty of Health Sciences
Multidisciplinary understanding of hockey in Canada as it is performed, displayed and discussed from historical, anthropological, and cultural studies perspectives. Trace the developments of hockey as a vernacular unorganized pastime to becoming a symbol of Canadian nationalism. Emphasis on representations of hockey in literature, film and popular culture genres. Assess the mythological formulations of hockey in hope of re-contextualizing it as a product of class, gender, ethnic and political struggle.
Components:
Lecture
Requirements:
Prerequisite: 24 university units.
Previously Offered Terms:
Fall
Winter
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