{"product_id":"not-hockey-angie-abdou-9781771993777","title":"Not Hockey: Critical Essays on Canada's Other Sport Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis carefully curated collection of essays explores the meaning of sports found in Canadian sports literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e How do sports differ from recreational activities that require skill? Do sports demand that someone win? At what point do sports become art? \u003ci\u003eNot Hockey\u003c\/i\u003e skillfully investigates how literature presents sports as a metaphor, a language, and a bodily expression. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Rather than focus on Canada's most famous pastime, contributors examine sports in Canadian literature that are decidedly \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e hockey. From skateboarding and parkour to fly fishing and curling, these essays engage with histories and broader societal understandings through sports on the margin. Interspersed with original reflections by iconic Canadian literary figures, \u003ci\u003eNot Hockey\u003c\/i\u003e offers fresh, intriguing new ways of reading the body. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Angie Abdou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771993774\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771993777\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Athabasca University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Angie Abdou","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080360194303,"sku":"9781771993777","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_374d46d7-2c19-47da-8580-21f2d92468cf.jpg?v=1685486370","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/not-hockey-angie-abdou-9781771993777","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}