Hockey

De maniere generale, on ne peut que saluer la demarche de Jenny Ellison et Jennifer Anderson qui ont rassemble un imposant contingent de specialistes du hockey issus d'horizons disciplinaires aussi varies que les aspects abordes. Alors que le hockey professionnel est habituellement le centre d'interet de bien des chercheur.e.s universitaires et detient une part importante des publications scientifiques sur le sport au Canada, les recherches sur le hockey amateur ou recreatif ainsi que sur le hockey feminin rassemblees ici sont un apport significatif a la connaissance. (...) L'impression qu'on retire de la lecture de Hockey : Challenging Canada's Game - Au-dela du sport national, c'est la volonte des codirectrices et des collaborateur.trice.s de decoloniser le savoir sur le hockey. -- Etienne Lapointe The opening section offers three outstanding essays about hockey's origin and history. (...) The seven documents, I thought, were a notable innovation. They consist of either experiential statements or brief historical materials. (...) Two last features of the book are worth noting. One is that the text is printed on glossy heavy-stock paper, which allows a sharp reproduction of many colour photographs, and adds a slightly coffee-table book-like feel-a nice touch for a volume that balances academic and popular concerns. The other is that a few of the texts are in French. This seems especially appropriate given the focus on diversity. (...) Hockey: Challenging Canada's Game is an excellent interdisciplinary resource for people interested in taking hockey seriously as a topic for research. -- Jamie Dopp * Rethinking Hockey *