{"product_id":"hockey-pq-canadas-game-in-quebecs-popular-culture-9781442616196","title":"Hockey, PQ: Canada's Game in Quebec's Popular Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Amy Ransom\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Hockey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA wide-ranging study that examines everything from the blockbuster movie franchise \u003cem\u003eLes Boys\u003c\/em\u003e to the sovereigntist hip hop group Loco Locass, \u003cem\u003eHockey, PQ\u003c\/em\u003e explores how Canada's national sport has been used to signify a specific Qu�b�cois identity. Amy J. Ransom analyzes how Qu�b�cois writers, filmmakers, and musicians have appropriated symbols like the Montreal Forum, Maurice Richard, or the 1972 Summit Series to construct or critique images of the Qu�b�cois male.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClose analyses of hockey-themed narratives consider the soap opera \u003cem\u003eLance et compte\u003c\/em\u003e ('He shoots, he scores'), the music of former pro player Bob Bisonnette, folk band Mes A�eux, rock group Les Dales Hawerchuk, and the fiction of Fran�ois Barcelo. Through these examinations of the role hockey plays in contemporary francophone popular culture, Ransom shows how Quebec's popular culture uses hockey to distinguish French-Canadians from the French and to rally them against their English-speaking counterparts. In the end, however, this study illuminates how the sport of hockey unites the two solitudes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46488912068759,"sku":"9781442616196","price":3722.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781442616196.jpg?v=1766339850","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/hockey-pq-canadas-game-in-quebecs-popular-culture-9781442616196","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}