NHL Heavyweights: Narratives of Violence and Masculinity in Ice Hockey

Sport is often considered a masculine area of social life, and few sports are more commonly associated with traditional norms of masculinity than ice hockey. Ice hockey is played with a great level of intensity and body contact. This is true for both men and women’s hockey. However, men’s ice hockey...

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Main Author: Tjønndal Anne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-06-01
Series:Physical Culture and Sport: Studies and Research
Subjects:
NHL
Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/pcssr.2016.70.issue-1/pcssr-2016-0013/pcssr-2016-0013.xml?format=INT