Sociology: sport & leisure books

You have to have a cultured taste in sports to truly appreciate how great golf is. It is a test of skill, an endurance...  Read More >>

Featuring a new preface by the author, this book looks closely at college sports and how they shape the athletic...  Read More >>

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This book explores leisure and forced migration from multiple disciplinary perspectives, spanning sociology, gender...  Read More >>

This book presents a cross-disciplinary examination of the lived experiences of girls and women football players...  Read More >>

Using innovative interpretations of recent big budget films, Coronavirus Capitalism Goes to the Cinema interrogates...  Read More >>

Through a social justice and equity lens, this book examines how families, sport and leisure connect to broader...  Read More >>

This book examines the formation of a globally oriented sports system in China, from the beginning of the reform...  Read More >>

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Punching Up explores the new forms, voices and venues of stand-up comedy in different parts of the world and its...  Read More >>

Martial arts are being re-imagined and reconstructed beyond the arenas of combat and sport in 21st-century Western...  Read More >>

Contemporary events management is a diverse and challenging field. This introductory textbook fully explores the...  Read More >>

""Break Point tells the story of how two Minnesota teenagers took on the inequitable system of high school athletics,...  Read More >>

In this unique book, Sten Söderman explores the prospect of China reaching its goal of hosting the 2050 World Cup....  Read More >>

This innovative study examines the Olympic programme from a critical feminist perspective, to shed new light on...  Read More >>

This textbook is a comprehensive introduction to the ways in which people differ—including race, gender identity,...  Read More >>

This textbook is a comprehensive introduction to the ways in which people differ—including race, gender identity,...  Read More >>

This innovative study examines the Olympic programme from a critical feminist perspective, to shed new light on...  Read More >>

Jews and Health: Tradition, History, Practice investigates the value of health in the Jewish tradition and explores...  Read More >>

This book looks historically at the harm that has been inflicted in the practice of sport and at some of the issues,...  Read More >>

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It will be invaluable to scholars and students in the fields of Gender Studies, Queer Studies, Sports Studies, and...  Read More >>