The Cinema of Hockey: Four Decades of the Game on Screen

by Iri Cermak

Ice hockey has featured in North American films since the early days. Hockey's sizable cinematic repertoire explores different views of the sport, including the role of aggression, the business of sports, race and gender, and the role of women in the game. This critical study focuses on hockey themes in more than 50 films and television movies from the U.S. and Canada spanning several decades. Depictions of historical games are discussed, including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476666253
• ISBN13: 9781476666259
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher