Sociology: sport & leisure books

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On Boxing: Critical Interventions in the Bittersweet Science

On Boxing: Critical Interventions in the Bittersweet...

Author: Joseph D Lewandowski (University of Central Missouri, USA)
ISBN: 9781032052366
Format: Paperback
$41.99

This book is a philosophical and cultural critique of contemporary boxing. It broadens and deepens our understanding...  Read More >>

Cricket and Contemporary Society in Britain: Crisis and Continuity

Cricket and Contemporary Society in Britain: Crisis...

Author: Russell Holden (In the Zone Sport and Politics Consultancy, UK)
ISBN: 9781032137780
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book investigates the declining status of cricket within British society after England’s Ashes victory in 2005....  Read More >>

Women in Judo

Women in Judo

Author: Mike Callan (University of Hertfordshire, UK)
ISBN: 9781032188478
Format: Paperback
$41.99

This is the first book to explore women’s judo in all aspects, from the history and governance of the sport to cutting-edge...  Read More >>

Money, Power, Respect: How Women in Sports Are Shaping the Future of Feminism

Money, Power, Respect: How Women in Sports Are Shaping...

Author: Macaela MacKenzie
ISBN: 9781541600898
Format: Hardback
$79.20

An inside look at how women athletes are leading the fight for equality--on and off the field Women's sports...  Read More >>

Mallparks: Baseball Stadiums and the Culture of Consumption

Mallparks: Baseball Stadiums and the Culture of Consumption...

Author: Michael T Friedman ,  Barry Abrams
ISBN: 9798212554619
Format: Audio
$65.97

In Mallparks, Michael Friedman observes that just as cathedrals represented power relations in medieval towns, and...  Read More >>

Here Comes the Fun: A Journey Into the Serious Business of Having a Laugh

Here Comes the Fun: A Journey Into the Serious Business...

Author: Ben Aitken
ISBN: 9781837730056
Format: Hardback
$44.99

FROM FISHING AND FLYING TO FRENCH COOKING - BEN AITKEN'S YEAR OF ACTIVELY PURSUING FUN.  Read More >>

Women in American Soccer and European Football: Different Roads to Shared Glory

Women in American Soccer and European Football: Different...

Author: Andrei S Markovits
ISBN: 9798986019833
Format: Paperback
$31.65

Different Evolutionary Models - Past, Present, and Future - Certain to Collide at Women's World Cup 2023 With...  Read More >>

Gender and Power in Strength Sports: Strong As Feminist

Gender and Power in Strength Sports: Strong As Feminist...

Author: Noelle K. Brigden (Marquette University, USA) ,  Katie Rose Hejtmanek (Brooklyn College, USA)
ISBN: 9781032441870
Format: Hardback
$263.00

This book explores strength sports as a site of political contestation and a platform for insurgent gender practices....  Read More >>

Multilingual Baseball: Language Learning, Identity, and Intercultural Communication in the Transnational Game

Multilingual Baseball: Language Learning, Identity,...

Author: Brendan H. O'Connor (Arizona State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781350298521
Format: Hardback
$190.00

"""An exploration of multilingualism in professional sports using linguistic anthropological analysis""--"  Read More >>

Sport and Physical Culture in Global Pandemic Times: COVID Assemblages

Sport and Physical Culture in Global Pandemic Times:...

Author: David L. Andrews ,  Holly Thorpe
ISBN: 9783031143861
Format: Hardback
$475.17

The book will be of interest to advanced undergraduate and students and scholars of kinesiology, sociology of sport,...  Read More >>

The Pleasures of Leisure

The Pleasures of Leisure

Author: Robert Dessaix
ISBN: 9780143780052
Format: Paperback
$22.99

In today's crazily busy world the importance of making time for leisure is more vital than ever. Yet so many of...  Read More >>

Power Played: A Critical Criminology of Sport

Power Played: A Critical Criminology of Sport

Author: Derek Silva ,  Liam Kennedy
ISBN: 9780774867801
Format: Paperback
$93.15

Power Played represents a distinctly critical criminology of sport, blowing the whistle on the harm, violence, and...  Read More >>

Personal Score: Sport, Culture, Identity

Personal Score: Sport, Culture, Identity

Author: Ellen van Neerven
ISBN: 9780702265853
Format: Paperback
$34.99

From an award-winning First Nations author, a ground-breaking examination of sport's troubled relationship with...  Read More >>

When Baseball Went to War

When Baseball Went to War

Author: Todd Anton ,  Bill Nowlin
ISBN: 9781637270066
Format: Paperback
$49.99

Combined with never-before-published photographs and other special features, this accounttells the compelling and...  Read More >>

Motorsport and Fascism: Living Dangerously

Motorsport and Fascism: Living Dangerously

Author: Paul Baxa
ISBN: 9783030979690
Format: Paperback
$258.72

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Football (Soccer) in Africa: Origins, Contributions, and Contradictions

Football (Soccer) in Africa: Origins, Contributions,...

Author: Augustine E. Ayuk
ISBN: 9783030948689
Format: Paperback
$336.35

This volume provides an analysis of the history, origins, and development of football in Africa. It brings together...  Read More >>

Michael Block: Life and Stardom Story of the Break Out Hero at PGA Championship 2023

Michael Block: Life and Stardom Story of the Break Out...

Author: Jenas Combs
ISBN: 9798396010642
Format: Paperback
$26.37

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Time of One's Own: Leisure and Young People

Time of One's Own: Leisure and Young People

Author: Pearl Jephcott
ISBN: 9781032333731
Format: Hardback
$183.00

First published in 1967, Time of One’s Own asks the question: How do young Scots spend their free time nowadays?...  Read More >>

Some Young People

Some Young People

Author: Pearl Jephcott
ISBN: 9781032330068
Format: Hardback
$183.00

"First published in 1954, this title is the report of an inquiry into adolescents’ reactions to their local youth...  Read More >>

Digital Game Culture in Korea: The Social at Play

Digital Game Culture in Korea: The Social at Play

Author: Florence M. Chee
ISBN: 9781793601391
Format: Hardback
$160.00

This book is a critical ethnographic investigation of media discourses surrounding online game addiction and the...  Read More >>

Sport and Quality of Life: Practices, Habits and Lifestyles

Sport and Quality of Life: Practices, Habits and Lifestyles...

Author: Paolo Corvo ,  Fabio Massimo Lo Verde
ISBN: 9783030930943
Format: Paperback
$310.47

This book brings together essays analyzing the impact of sport and physical activity on psychophysical well-being...  Read More >>

The Beautiful Game - The Most Amazing Soccer Stories of All Time

The Beautiful Game - The Most Amazing Soccer Stories...

Author: Michael Langdon
ISBN: 9798223686699
Format: Paperback
$52.77

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