KP141 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Province Of Canada, Olympic Charter, Olympic Games
6 Dec 2017
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2nd period: hockey a chance for dynamic nation building. Modify how we play our national game". Allows canada to cling to its national identity through hockey: game tied 3-3. Reveals the messiness and ambiguity of canadian nation making. Must be both durable and dynamic: tied game 3-3. Represents ambiguous position of canadian hockey against the soviets. Represents recognition of soviet challenge to hockey supremacy. The tie: re ects ambiguity over hockey supremacy and canada"s place, re ects the process of nation making. Durable: hockey still a national identity marker. Dynamic: must evolve and adapt to remain so: power of sport. Create a sense of us" within a collective. Clash of nationalisms: impact of canadian politics on the games. Divided canada or united canada: what are the symbolic values of the olympics. Montreal- cradle of organized sport: industrial centre of canada, amateur and national organizations, elite athletes. The roots of the modern olympics: pierre de coubertin.
