Not Hockey Critical Essays on Canada's Other Sport Literature

• Other Authors: Abdou, Angie (Editor), Dopp, Jamie (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Athabasca University Press 2023
• Subjects: Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Sport novel, sport book, books about sports, Canadian literature, sports literature, skateboarding, Michael Christie, Olympics, Timothy Taylor, Parkour, David Carroll, Thomas Wharton, Icefields, Ethel Wilson, Rodeo, Aritha van Herk, David Bezmozgis, Steven Heighton, Boxing, Football
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In this carefully curated collection of essays, editors Jamie Dopp and Angie Abdou go beyond their first collection, Writing the Body in Motion, to engage with the meaning of sport found in Canadian sport literature. How does "sport" differ from physically risky recreational activities tha...