The Sidney Effect: Competitive Youth Hockey and Fantasy Relationships

anthropology;celebrity;crosby;ethnography;family;fan;fantasy relationship;hero;hockey;idolization;imaginary relationship;magical;national hockey league;NHL;participant observation;sidney crosby;social anthropology;socialization;sport;star;the sidney effect;youth;youth sport;Public Issues Anthropology

Theoret, Matthew John Ross

University of Waterloo

关键词: anthropology;    celebrity;    crosby;    ethnography;    family;    fan;    fantasy relationship;    hero;    hockey;    idolization;    imaginary relationship;    magical;    national hockey league;    NHL;    participant observation;    sidney crosby;    social anthropology;    socialization;    sport;    star;    the sidney effect;    youth;    youth sport;    Public Issues Anthropology;   

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瑞士|英语

来源: UWSPACE Waterloo Institutional Repository

【 摘 要 】

This thesis explores how a group of 17 male youth athletes, and their families, experience competitive hockey.Many of the youths seem to forge fantasy relationships with hockey celebrities, heroes, and stars -- e.g. Sidney Crosby -- emulating them with regard to the ;;best;; attitudes, equipment, and styles of play to have or use.Their parents invest considerable amounts of money and time into their sons;; participation in hockey, not because they necessarily share their sons;; dreams of athletic stardom, but because they hope that it will help instill community-defined ;;positive;; values into their sons--tools needed to become ;;successful;; youths and, eventually, adults.