Hockey, PQ: Canada's Game in Quebec's Popular Culture

‘Scholars who are looking into the question of how hockey resonates with Quebec and Canadian culture will have to make a reference to this work that looks at a region that is often missing from other studies.’

J. Andrew Ross, Journal of Canadian Studies vol 49:03:2015

“The product of an impressive amount of research, Hockey, PQ offers an original and important contribution to the study of hockey in Canadian culture.” Jamie Dopp, Department of English, University of Victoria

“Hockey, PQ is the very first attempt to address Quebec’s relationship with hockey with such a scope and in such a perspective. Amy Ransom has a very impressive knowledge of the subject matter – who else could devote so many pages to hockey-player-turned-singer Bob Bissonette?” Benoît Melançon, Department of French Literature, Université de Montréal

“Hockey, PQ is clever and insightful – an impressively smart book. The writing is crisp and fresh, as is Amy J. Ransom’s perspective. Ransom’s book explains ably and critically for anglophone readers the nature of Québécois affinities for and antagonisms with ‘notre sport national.’ Covering film, music, science fiction, and myth, this book maps out a broad scope for hockey’s place in the popular consciousness.” Andrew Holman, Department of History, Bridgewater State University