Memory, Modernity, and the City: An Interpretive Analysis of Montreal and Toronto's Respective Moves From Their Historic Professional Hockey Arenas

dc.contributor.authorGunderson, Lisaen
dc.date.accessioned2006-08-22T14:38:37Z
dc.date.available2006-08-22T14:38:37Z
dc.date.issued2004en
dc.date.submitted2004en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis seeks to understand how and if the popular claims that hockey is an integral part of the culture in Toronto and Montreal are referenced, oriented to, and/or negotiated in everyday life. Taking the cases of the moves of the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens from Maple Leaf Gardens and the Montreal Forum, respectively, the thesis asks: What can these similar cases tell us about the culture of the cities in which they occurred and, if it is possible, in what ways can the culture of the cities (as a shaping force) be made recognizable in the discourse generated in, around, and by the moves? The perspective taken is a 'radical interpretive' approach, involving a critical blend of interpretive theories and methodologies - including semiology, phenomenology, hermeneutics, and dialectical analysis - that aim to reflexively question the themes that the cases themselves bring to light. The thesis thus concerns itself with issues of cosmopolitanism, globalization, and modernity as well as the concomitant questions of identify, commitment to place, and practical social action in the modern city.en
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/1244
dc.language.isoenen
dc.pendingfalseen
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.rightsCopyright: 2004, Gunderson, Lisa. All rights reserved.en
dc.subjectSociologyen
dc.subjectradical interpretive sociologyen
dc.subjecthermeneuticsen
dc.subjectphenomenologyen
dc.subjecturban sociologyen
dc.subjectcultureen
dc.subjecthockeyen
dc.titleMemory, Modernity, and the City: An Interpretive Analysis of Montreal and Toronto's Respective Moves From Their Historic Professional Hockey Arenasen
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Artsen
uws-etd.degree.departmentSociologyen
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen
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