@inbook{dec444150a8348439dc07ba48a5721d2,
title = "Music, Ice Hockey Lions, and the Construction of a National Community",
abstract = "In Finland, ice hockey is the country{\textquoteright}s most popular sport, and the men{\textquoteright}s Ice Hockey World Championships have evolved into the culmination of the ice hockey season. The large interest for the Finland{\textquoteright}s men{\textquoteright}s national team in ice hockey, the so-called Lions, unites a big part of Finland{\textquoteright}s population and the team have a unique repertoire of music through which the feeling of national belonging is manifested. By studying the music used in association with the Lions, the construction of a national community through music in a sporting context is explored.",
keywords = "musicology, ice hockey, national identity, nationalism",
author = "Kaj Ahlsved",
year = "2020",
month = oct,
day = "26",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-0-367-22890-3",
series = "Global Popular Music Series",
publisher = "Routledge",
pages = "173--186",
editor = "Toni-Matti Karjalainen and Kimi K{\"a}rki",
booktitle = "Made in Finland",
address = "United Kingdom",
}