SOCI 3670 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Sidney Crosby, Canadian Identity, Timbits

• School: York University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 3670
• Professor: Tracy Supruniuk

Document Summary

Kid crosby or golden boy: sidney crosby, canadian national identity and the policing of hockey masculinity (kristi a. allain) Canada"s national identity is constructed with regard to ice hockey. Sidney crosby has been positioned as an important symbol of canadian national identity. Crosby is canada, plays an important role in his perceived value as the savior of the game. Constructed as both a civilized and tough model of canadian masculinity. Crosby as a canadian star and model of national identity. The construction of crosby & ovechkin as symbols of their respectable nations is an important role for analysis and helps to understand how canadian hockey identity is constructed after the cold war. Nationalism operates through the construction of imagined communities. The nation is constructed as a limited entity where those who share membership are linked together through various encounters with the media and other official purveyors of national discourse.