A night at the Gardens : class, gender, and respectability in 1930s Toronto / Russell Field.

Main entry:

Field, Russell, author.

Title & Author:

A night at the Gardens : class, gender, and respectability in 1930s Toronto / Russell Field.

Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2023]
©2023

Description:

xv, 225 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Historicizing the Hockey Spectator -- Constructing the Preferred Spectator -- Filling the Stands -- Community in the Stands -- The State of Smythe's Respectability Project.
Issued also in electronic format.

Summary:

"When Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens opened in 1931, manager Conn Smythe envisioned an arena that would project an aura of middle-class respectability. In A Night at the Gardens, Russell Field shares how this new arena anticipated spectators by examining varying spectator behaviours, who the spectators were, and what the experience of spectating was like. Drawing on archival records, the book explores the neighbourhood in which Maple Leaf Gardens was situated, the design of the arena's interior spaces, and the ways in which it was operated in order to appeal to respectable spectators at a particular intersection of class and gender. Examining a ticket ledger compiled by arena staff for the 1933-34 National Hockey League season, the book reveals that the average subscriber purchased more than two tickets, suggesting that attending hockey games was a social experience. It also shows that while ticket subscribers were overwhelmingly middle-class men, women were also present. Oral history interviews with twenty-one former spectators at the Maple Leaf Gardens detail the experience of watching the spectacle that unfolded on the ice during each hockey game. A Night at the Gardens tells the fascinating story of how one prominent public building became such an important part of Toronto society."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1487547021 hardcover
9781487547028 hardcover
9781487547080 paperback
1487547080 paperback
electronic publication
9781487547165
electronic book
9781487547141

Subject:

Maple Leaf Gardens Ltd. History 20th century.
Maple Leaf Gardens Ltd. Histoire 20e siècle.
Maple Leaf Gardens Ltd.
Arenas Ontario Toronto History 20th century.
Hockey fans Ontario Toronto History 20th century.
Hockey Social aspects Ontario Toronto History 20th century.
Middle class Ontario Toronto History 20th century.
Salles omnisports Ontario Toronto Histoire 20e siècle.
Hockey Supporters Ontario Toronto Histoire 20e siècle.
Hockey Aspect social Ontario Toronto Histoire 20e siècle.
Classes moyennes Ontario Toronto Histoire 20e siècle.
HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-)
Arenas
Buildings
Hockey fans
Hockey Social aspects
Middle class
Toronto (Ont.) Buildings, structures, etc. History 20th century.
Toronto (Ont.) Constructions Histoire 20e siècle.
Ontario Toronto

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 318934
Call No.: 318934
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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