Not Hockey

In this carefully curated collection of essays, editors Jamie Dopp and Angie Abdou go beyond their first collection, Writing the Body in Motion, to engage with the meaning of sport found in Canadian sport literature. How does “sport” differ from physically risky recreational activities that require...

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description In this carefully curated collection of essays, editors Jamie Dopp and Angie Abdou go beyond their first collection, Writing the Body in Motion, to engage with the meaning of sport found in Canadian sport literature. How does “sport” differ from physically risky recreational activities that require strength and skill? Does sport demand that someone win? At what point does a sport become an art? With the aim of prompting reflections on and discussions of the boundaries of sport, contributors explore how literature engages with sport as a metaphor, as a language, and as bodily expression. Instead of a focus on what is often described as Canada’s national pastime, contributors examine sports in Canadian literature that are decidedly not hockey. From skateboarding and parkour to fly fishing and curling, these essays engage with Canadian histories and broader societal understandings through sports on the margin. Interspersed with original reflections by iconic Canadian literary figures such as Steven Heighton, Aritha Van Herk, Thomas Wharton, and Timothy Taylor, this volume is fresh and intriguing and offers new ways of reading the body.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1321492024-03-27T16:35:32Z Not Hockey Abdou, Angie Dopp, Jamie Sport novel, sport book, books about sports, Canadian literature, sports literature, skateboarding, Michael Christie, Olympics, Timothy Taylor, Parkour, David Carroll, Thomas Wharton, Icefields, Ethel Wilson, Rodeo, Aritha van Herk, David Bezmozgis, Steven Heighton, Boxing, Football thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSK Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers In this carefully curated collection of essays, editors Jamie Dopp and Angie Abdou go beyond their first collection, Writing the Body in Motion, to engage with the meaning of sport found in Canadian sport literature. How does “sport” differ from physically risky recreational activities that require strength and skill? Does sport demand that someone win? At what point does a sport become an art? With the aim of prompting reflections on and discussions of the boundaries of sport, contributors explore how literature engages with sport as a metaphor, as a language, and as bodily expression. Instead of a focus on what is often described as Canada’s national pastime, contributors examine sports in Canadian literature that are decidedly not hockey. From skateboarding and parkour to fly fishing and curling, these essays engage with Canadian histories and broader societal understandings through sports on the margin. Interspersed with original reflections by iconic Canadian literary figures such as Steven Heighton, Aritha Van Herk, Thomas Wharton, and Timothy Taylor, this volume is fresh and intriguing and offers new ways of reading the body. Published 2023-12-21T19:03:23Z 2023-12-21T19:03:23Z 2023-08-29 book 9781771993777; 9781771993784; 9781771993791 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/132149 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0CGY2VD43 https://www.aupress.ca/books/120318-not-hockey/ Athabasca University Press AU Press 10.15215/aupress/9781771993777.01 10.15215/aupress/9781771993777.01 6b1b8af7-79e4-4b18-b297-b983df0f073f 9781771993777; 9781771993784; 9781771993791 AU Press 246 Canada open access
spellingShingle Sport novel, sport book, books about sports, Canadian literature, sports literature, skateboarding, Michael Christie, Olympics, Timothy Taylor, Parkour, David Carroll, Thomas Wharton, Icefields, Ethel Wilson, Rodeo, Aritha van Herk, David Bezmozgis, Steven Heighton, Boxing, Football
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Not Hockey
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title_full Not Hockey
title_fullStr Not Hockey
title_full_unstemmed Not Hockey
title_short Not Hockey
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topic Sport novel, sport book, books about sports, Canadian literature, sports literature, skateboarding, Michael Christie, Olympics, Timothy Taylor, Parkour, David Carroll, Thomas Wharton, Icefields, Ethel Wilson, Rodeo, Aritha van Herk, David Bezmozgis, Steven Heighton, Boxing, Football
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSK Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
topic_facet Sport novel, sport book, books about sports, Canadian literature, sports literature, skateboarding, Michael Christie, Olympics, Timothy Taylor, Parkour, David Carroll, Thomas Wharton, Icefields, Ethel Wilson, Rodeo, Aritha van Herk, David Bezmozgis, Steven Heighton, Boxing, Football
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSK Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
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