The Sidney Effect: Competitive Youth Hockey and Fantasy Relationships

The Sidney Effect: Competitive Youth Hockey and Fantasy Relationships

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This thesis explores how a group of 17 male youth athletes, and their families, experience competitive hockey. Many of the youths seem to forge fantasy relationships with hockey celebrities, heroes, and stars -- e.g. Sidney Crosby -- emulating them with regard to the "best" attitudes, equ...

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Main Author: Theoret, Matthew John Ross
Language:en
Published: 2009
Subjects:
anthropology
celebrity
crosby
ethnography
family
fan
fantasy relationship
hero
hockey
idolization
imaginary relationship
magical
national hockey league
NHL
participant observation
sidney crosby
social anthropology
socialization
sport
star
the sidney effect
youth
youth sport
Public Issues Anthropology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10012/4368

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