Sport, crisis, and Canadian identity in 1988: A cultural analysis

"1988 was a particularly noteworthy period in Canadian history. In fact, the particular intersection of a series of political, economic and cultural events led some people to suggest that 1988 constituted ""a year of crisis in Canadian identity"". Among those events were the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement and its ultimate parliamentary contestation: the Canadian Federal Election. However, on a popular cultural level the crisis of national identity appeared to be defined in terms of three sporting events namely: The 1988 Calgary Winter Olympic Games, the marriage and trade of hockey star Wayne Gretzky, and the rise and fall of sprinter Ben Johnson at the Seoul Games."

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Kinesiology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Jackson, Steven James

Contributors dc:contributor

• Greendorfer, Susan L.

• Mass Communications
• Recreation
• Anthropology, Cultural
• Sociology, General

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1992 Jackson, Steven James

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9305565
(UMI)AAI9305565

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20497