Sociology: sport & leisure books

4416 books were found.

Social Control and Disorder in Football: Responses, Regulation, Rupture

Social Control and Disorder in Football: Responses,...

Author: Mark Turner (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) ,  Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen (Liverpool John Moores University, UK)
ISBN: 9781032591223
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This is the first book to focus on the interrelated issues of social control and disorder in football. It shows...  Read More >>

Space and Play in Japanese Videogame Arcades

Space and Play in Japanese Videogame Arcades

Author: Jérémie Pelletier-Gagnon
ISBN: 9781032226859
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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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: 9783031143892
Format: Paperback
$475.17

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

Sexual Assault in Canadian Sport

Sexual Assault in Canadian Sport

Author: Curtis Fogel ,  Andrea Quinlan
ISBN: 9780774869133
Format: Paperback
$87.98

Is sexual assault tolerated in Canadian sport? After reaching the provocative conclusion that sexual assaults are...  Read More >>

An Experiment in Leisure

An Experiment in Leisure

Author: Marion Milner ,  Akshi Singh (University of Glasgow, UK)
ISBN: 9781032757537
Format: Paperback
$34.99

With a new foreword by Akshi Singh, An Experiment in Leisure remains a striking and captivating adventure in thinking...  Read More >>

Insurgent Fandom: An Ethnography of Crowds and Unruly Sounds

Insurgent Fandom: An Ethnography of Crowds and Unruly...

Author: Max Jack (Postdoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Center for the History of Emotions)
ISBN: 9780197773796
Format: Paperback
$61.95

Insurgent Fandom offers a behind-the-scenes look at a transnational subculture known to few--ultra. Embracing a...  Read More >>

An Experiment in Leisure

An Experiment in Leisure

Author: Marion Milner ,  Akshi Singh (University of Glasgow, UK)
ISBN: 9781032757568
Format: Hardback
$273.00

With a new foreword by Akshi Singh, An Experiment in Leisure remains a striking and captivating adventure in thinking...  Read More >>

Insurgent Fandom: An Ethnography of Crowds and Unruly Sounds

Insurgent Fandom: An Ethnography of Crowds and Unruly...

Author: Max Jack (Postdoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Center for the History of Emotions)
ISBN: 9780197686911
Format: Hardback
$219.95

Insurgent Fandom offers a behind-the-scenes look at a transnational subculture known to few--ultra. Embracing a...  Read More >>

Pandemic Culture: The Impacts of Covid-19 on the Uk Cultural Sector and Implications for the Future

Pandemic Culture: The Impacts of Covid-19 on the Uk...

Author: Ben Walmsley ,  Abigail Gilmore
ISBN: 9781526168351
Format: Paperback
$45.99

Based on the findings of a 15-month study led by the Centre for Cultural Value, this book offers a comprehensive...  Read More >>

Pandemic Culture: The Impacts of Covid-19 on the Uk Cultural Sector and Implications for the Future

Pandemic Culture: The Impacts of Covid-19 on the Uk...

Author: Ben Walmsley ,  Abigail Gilmore
ISBN: 9781526168344
Format: Hardback
$206.99

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Sudden Deaths in Sports: 75 Athletes Lost Without Warning

Sudden Deaths in Sports: 75 Athletes Lost Without Warning...

Author: Douglas Putnam
ISBN: 9781476694443
Format: Paperback
$68.20

This work recounts the lives and deaths of athletes who departed the world suddenly and without warning during their...  Read More >>

Football, Fandom and Collective Memory: Global Perspectives

Football, Fandom and Collective Memory: Global Perspectives...

Author: Przemysław Nosal (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland) ,  Radosław Kossakowski (University of Gdańsk, Poland)
ISBN: 9781032449203
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This book examines the topic of identity and collective memory in football fandom. Drawing on global research in...  Read More >>

Waikiki Dreams: How California Appropriated Hawaiian Beach Culture

Waikiki Dreams: How California Appropriated Hawaiian...

Author: Patrick Moser
ISBN: 9780252088018
Format: Paperback
$60.99

Despite a genuine admiration for Native Hawaiian culture, white Californians of the 1930s ignored authentic relationships...  Read More >>

Closing the Iron Cage: The Scientific Management of Work & Leisure

Closing the Iron Cage: The Scientific Management of...

Author: Andrew E
ISBN: 9781551641294
Format: Hardback
$129.33

A thought-provoking analysis of how the principles of scientific management in the work place have been applied...  Read More >>

A Nation of Family and Friends?: Sport and the Leisure Cultures of British Asian Girls and Women

A Nation of Family and Friends?: Sport and the Leisure...

Author: Aarti Ratna
ISBN: 9781978834125
Format: Hardback
$316.80

"In A Nation of Family and Friends, sociologist Aarti Ratna examines the complex and dynamic relationships between...  Read More >>

Waikiki Dreams: How California Appropriated Hawaiian Beach Culture

Waikiki Dreams: How California Appropriated Hawaiian...

Author: Patrick Moser
ISBN: 9780252045912
Format: Hardback
$271.00

Despite a genuine admiration for Native Hawaiian culture, white Californians of the 1930s ignored authentic relationships...  Read More >>

Olympic Games and Global Cities: What Future for an Olympic System in Turmoil?

Olympic Games and Global Cities: What Future for an...

Author: Alexandre Faure
ISBN: 9789819995981
Format: Hardback
$118.77

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The International Working Group on Women and Sport 1994-2024: The Challenge of Change

The International Working Group on Women and Sport 1994-2024:...

Author: Elizabeth C.J. Pike (University of Hertfordshire, UK)
ISBN: 9781032412191
Format: Hardback
$103.00

This book comprehensively evaluates the role of the International Working Group on Women and Sport (IWG) - the world’s...  Read More >>

Gems: How Four Generations of Women's Basketball Built the Sport

Gems: How Four Generations of Women's Basketball Built...

Author: Howard Megdal
ISBN: 9781637271988
Format: Hardback
$73.92

An expansive and compelling chronicle tracing the rise of modern women's basketball Elvera “Peps” Neuman got lost...  Read More >>

Hatte Hatte, Viererkette Oder Kein Wunder in Bern: Wenn Im Deutschen Fussball Alles Anders Gekommen Ware.

Hatte Hatte, Viererkette Oder Kein Wunder in Bern: Wenn...

Author: Jorg Heinrich
ISBN: 9783777634043
Format: Paperback
$63.36

"So ist der Fussball halt!"" - eine fussballerische Allerweltsweisheit, wenn's nach einem glucklichen Sieg oder...  Read More >>

How Language Shapes Relationships in Professional Sports Teams: Power and Solidarity Dynamics in a New Zealand Rugby Team

How Language Shapes Relationships in Professional Sports...

Author: Dr Kieran File (Kieran File is an Assistant Professor in the Centre for Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick, University of Warwick, UK)
ISBN: 9781350044234
Format: Paperback
$49.99

While the topic of relationships in professional sports teams is gaining greater attention from researchers and...  Read More >>

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