SOCI 3670 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Steven Stamkos, Sidney Crosby, Homophobia
28 Jun 2016
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Requiem for a tough guy : representing hockey labour, violence and masculinity in goon (elexis boyle) Goon is analyzed in relation to simmering debates about fighting in hockey as well as the boarder crisis of employment and masculinity that characterize the sociopolitical milieu in which the film circulates. Goon is striking for its depiction of the enforcer as an extreme simpleton for its graphic representation of on-line violence and for its use of homo-negative discourse in rendering hockey masculinities. Simultaneously incompatible with current debates about the role and effects of evident and efforts to address the culture of homophobia in hockey such as you can play" anti- homophobia campaign in 2012 by brian burke. Depiction of hockey masculinity as white, heterosexual, and equal parts aggressive and affable. Familiar image that supports dominant constructions of hockey identity in canada. Film be read as ceremony for the death of the enforcer"s labour.
