Economies of Mourning, Canadian Nationalism, and the Broncos: An Affective Reading of TSN’s 29 Forever-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Economies of Mourning, Canadian Nationalism, and the Broncos: An Affective Reading of TSN’s 29 Forever

Published:2022-12-01 Issue:4 Volume:39 Page:333-341
ISSN:0741-1235
Container-title:Sociology of Sport Journal
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Author:

Ali Adam Ehsan¹

Affiliation:

1. Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Abstract

On April 6, 2018, the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team was traveling to a playoff game on a rural highway when their bus collided with a semitrailer truck, killing 16 people. The crash led to an unparalleled, nation-wide outpouring of mourning. The legacy of the crash has been sustained by media outlets such as The Sports Network, who released a documentary on the crash, 29 Forever. Through an affective reading of 29 Forever, this paper explores the processes by which the Humboldt bus crash came to be known and felt as a national tragedy, how the crash fits within larger practices of Canadian nation-making, and the role that hockey, emotion, and feelings play in these processes.

Publisher

Human Kinetics

Subject

Sociology and Political Science,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

Link

https://journals.humankinetics.com/downloadpdf/journals/ssj/39/4/article-p333.xml

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