Power-play : critical considerations of the "meaningful universe" of professional hockey
Thesis (Ph. D.), Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1999. Folklore Bibliography: p.358-374 Professional hockey is an industry teeming with paradox: it is a game that is worked; it involves men behaving as boys; and it is where professional development inhibits personal growth. This seven month eth...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:theses4/157135 2023-05-15T17:23:34+02:00 Power-play : critical considerations of the "meaningful universe" of professional hockey Robidoux, Michael A., 1969- Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Folklore; Canada; 1999 380 leaves Image/jpeg; Application/pdf http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses4/id/157135 Eng eng Electronic Theses and Dissertations (51.30 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Robidoux_MichaelA.pdf a1357663 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses4/id/157135 The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission. Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries Hockey--Canada--Sociological aspects Hockey players--Canada Sports--Anthropological aspects--Canada Text Electronic thesis or dissertation 1999 ftmemorialunivdc 2015-08-06T19:22:38Z Thesis (Ph. D.), Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1999. Folklore Bibliography: p.358-374 Professional hockey is an industry teeming with paradox: it is a game that is worked; it involves men behaving as boys; and it is where professional development inhibits personal growth. This seven month ethnographic investigation of a professional hockey team enabled me to observe players in their working environment and the manner in which they express themselves in the labour process. The study illustrates that individual success depends on players devoting themselves entirely to the "game" and to their "team," and thus, players voluntarily accede to a system whereby their own labour power is exploited for capitalist gain. It is evident that players are cognizant of their unfavourable predicament within the labour process-which is generally dismissed as being "part of the job"-but they respond accordingly by constructing their own system of meanings within the workplace, allowing them the sensations of power and dominance. -- It is this system of meanings, or this "constructed universe" that is significant, as it serves to create and perpetuate both occupational and personal identities. By constructing this sphere outside of the corporate hegemony, the players have established an exclusive domain where existing behavioural patterns dictate "norms" within the "world of hockey." These norms draw from a physically superior, white, heterosexual male model which discriminates against all other experience: whether it be in terms of ethnicity, gender, class, occupation, or any other classification. As a result, the process of empowerment is essentially a reductive force in the players' lives, undermining any substantial challenge to their compromised position within this occupational community. Thesis Newfoundland studies University of Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) Canada |
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Thesis (Ph. D.), Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1999. Folklore Bibliography: p.358-374 Professional hockey is an industry teeming with paradox: it is a game that is worked; it involves men behaving as boys; and it is where professional development inhibits personal growth. This seven month ethnographic investigation of a professional hockey team enabled me to observe players in their working environment and the manner in which they express themselves in the labour process. The study illustrates that individual success depends on players devoting themselves entirely to the "game" and to their "team," and thus, players voluntarily accede to a system whereby their own labour power is exploited for capitalist gain. It is evident that players are cognizant of their unfavourable predicament within the labour process-which is generally dismissed as being "part of the job"-but they respond accordingly by constructing their own system of meanings within the workplace, allowing them the sensations of power and dominance. -- It is this system of meanings, or this "constructed universe" that is significant, as it serves to create and perpetuate both occupational and personal identities. By constructing this sphere outside of the corporate hegemony, the players have established an exclusive domain where existing behavioural patterns dictate "norms" within the "world of hockey." These norms draw from a physically superior, white, heterosexual male model which discriminates against all other experience: whether it be in terms of ethnicity, gender, class, occupation, or any other classification. As a result, the process of empowerment is essentially a reductive force in the players' lives, undermining any substantial challenge to their compromised position within this occupational community. |
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