The Big Six, romanticizing an era of the National Hockey League

The Big Six, romanticizing an era of the National Hockey League

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This study is about romanticizing the Big Six Era of the National Hockey League. Romanticizing the past is a particular style of reporting which reveals both aspects of the past and what is salient in the social life of the romanticizer. The latter becomes manifest when the functions of this social...

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Main Author: Suchan, Allan
Language:en_US
Published: 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/2268
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spelling ndltd-MANITOBA-oai-mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca-1993-22682014-01-31T03:31:13Z The Big Six, romanticizing an era of the National Hockey League Suchan, Allan This study is about romanticizing the Big Six Era of the National Hockey League. Romanticizing the past is a particular style of reporting which reveals both aspects of the past and what is salient in the social life of the romanticizer. The latter becomes manifest when the functions of this social practice are analyzed. The argument consists of an overview of the National Hockey League with emphasis on the twenty-five years of The Big Six, a consideration of the categories people within hockey culture employ when they think about the game, an explanation of what it means to romanticize the past, and an analysis of two individual and seven social functions of romanticizing The Big Six. 2007-06-01T19:19:14Z 2007-06-01T19:19:14Z 2000-06-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1993/2268 en_US
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description This study is about romanticizing the Big Six Era of the National Hockey League. Romanticizing the past is a particular style of reporting which reveals both aspects of the past and what is salient in the social life of the romanticizer. The latter becomes manifest when the functions of this social practice are analyzed. The argument consists of an overview of the National Hockey League with emphasis on the twenty-five years of The Big Six, a consideration of the categories people within hockey culture employ when they think about the game, an explanation of what it means to romanticize the past, and an analysis of two individual and seven social functions of romanticizing The Big Six.
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