Contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Preface viii
4. Acknowledgements xviii
5. I Challenging Hockey’s Norms
6. 1 The Forgotten Canadian League: The Voices of U SPORTS Men’s Hockey Players and the Legitimacy of University Hockey in Canada 3
7. 2 Karl Subban & Me: The Parents Take on Hockey Culture 33
8. 3“ I want justice and more” Loreto, Carcillo, and Dominant Narratives of Hockey Culture on Twitter 49
9. 4 Hockey Talks: Mental Health Faces off against the “Green Lantern” Mentality 69
10. II Access and Support
11. 5“ We have to work for it. For everything. Absolutely everything.” An Examination of the Gendered Structure of Ice Hockey in U SPORTS 89
12. 6 #BeBoldForChange: The 2017 US Women’s National Hockey Team Player Boycott, Twitter, and (Neo)Liberal Feminism 113
13. 7 Desirable Disability: My Journey from Upright Hockey to Sledge Hockey, and Back Again 135
14. 8 Skating toward Reconciliation: A Survivance History of Indigenous Peoples in Hockey in Canada 149
15. III Masculinity and Sexuality
16. 9 Uncovering the Conspiracy of Silence of Gay Hockey Players in the NHL 179
17. 10 “I never thought I’d get here, I thought I’d be dead.” An In-Depth Interview with an Openly Gay Former Professional Ice Hockey Player 211
18. 11 “What do you mean you don’t play hockey... you a queer or somethin’?” Reflections on Life as a Non-Hockey Playing Canadian Boy 229
19. 12 The Tragedy of the Enforcer in Lynn Coady’s The Antagonist and Jeff Lemire’s Roughneck 247
20. Afterword 271
21. Contributors 273