SOC 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Sidney Crosby, Social Conflict Theory, Canadian Identity
14 Dec 2017
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Benedict anderson (1983) explains that nationalism operates through the construction of imagined communities. Sidney crosby reflects a romanticized notion of canadian hockey identity. Disputes arise as to representing hockey the right way (don cherry) According to holt (2006) as corporations do little to shape national myths, they tend to be conservative in their presentation of the nation, doing little more than naturalizing the status quo : social conflict theory. Demonstrates the social significance (economically, politically, culturally) of sports globally. Demonstrates the sociological significance of sports mega-events in terms of marketing, viewership, and access to difference. Sociologists examine these events to examine how sports and sports marketing communicates to others around the world - for ex. The jordan era and dream team: the nba has used television and commerce to grow the game globally as a consumed product, nba has turned basketball into a global, popular, cultural entertainment-based. *****jay watchel argues that basketball is a legitimate .
