AN EXAMINATION OF HOCKEY: IDENTITY, GENDER CONSTRUCTION,
HEGEMONIC MASCULINITY, WOMEN’S HOCKEY, AND TURKEY
By
Tyler Bilton
B.S. St. Michael’s College, 2009
A THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the
Requirements for the Degree of
Master of Arts
(in Liberal Studies)
The Graduate School
The University of Maine
May 2013
Advisory Committee:
Charlsye Smith Diaz, Assistant Professor of English, co-Advisor
Scott D. Peterson, Assistant Professor of Communication at Wright State
University, co-Advisor
Mazie Hough, Associate Director, Assistant Professor of History and Women’s
Studies