The Cinema of Hockey
Four Decades of the Game on Screen
by Iri Cermak
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Pub Date 17 Jan 2017 | Archive Date 04 Aug 2017
Description
Ice hockey has featured in North American films since the early days. Hockey’s sizable cinematic repertoire explores different views of the sport, including the role of aggression, the business of sports, race and gender, and the role of women in the game. This critical study focuses on hockey themes in more than 50 films and television movies from the U.S. and Canada spanning several decades. Depictions of historical games are discussed, including the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” and the 1972 Summit Series. National myths that inform ideas of the hockey player are examined. Production techniques that enhance hockey as on-screen spectacle are covered.
Advance Praise
"Employing a close textual analysis of hockey film scripts and a wide range of scholarly sources that include media, film, and literature studies, The Cinema of Hockey offers itself as the first cultural analysis and history of hockey on film.... [It presents] well-structured analysis with new research on hockey cinema and the many interpretive themes these films present to viewers."--Sport in American History;
"[A] major contribution.”—Brian Kennedy, Pasadena City College, author of Facing Wayne Gretzky
Available Editions
EDITION | Paperback |
ISBN | 9781476666259 |
PRICE | $39.95 (USD) |