Sociology: sport & leisure books

4416 books were found.

Corruption and Scandal in American Sports: Causes and Consequences

Corruption and Scandal in American Sports: Causes and...

Author: Jimmy Sanderson (Texas Tech University, USA)
ISBN: 9781440878374
Format: Hardback
$150.00

Scandals about cheating and corruption have dogged amateur and professional sports in the United States since the...  Read More >>

Hate Crime in Football

Hate Crime in Football

Author: Imran Awan (Birmingham City University) ,  Irene Zempi (Nottingham Trent University)
ISBN: 9781529227185
Format: Hardback
$185.00

This is the first edited collection on the lived experiences of footballers and the wider football community as...  Read More >>

Lost & Found: Reflections on Travel, Career, Love and Family

Lost & Found: Reflections on Travel, Career, Love and...

Author: Dustin Grinnell
ISBN: 9781803741840
Format: Paperback
$49.16

Using the same adventurous spirit that took him all over the world, a writer looks inward to embark on a journey...  Read More >>

LGBT Football Fans: Authenticity, Belonging and Visibility

LGBT Football Fans: Authenticity, Belonging and Visibility...

Author: Rory Magrath (Southampton Solent University, UK)
ISBN: 9781032390765
Format: Hardback
$284.00

While recent years have seen the emergence of a significant body of research on LGBT inclusion in sport, little...  Read More >>

Trans Athletes’ Resistance: The Struggle for Justice in Sport

Trans Athletes’ Resistance: The Struggle for Justice...

Author: Ali Durham Greey (University of Toronto, Canada) ,  Helen Jefferson Lenskyj (University of Toronto, Canada)
ISBN: 9781803823645
Format: Hardback
$172.99

Acknowledging the formidable hurdles trans and nonbinary athletes face in their struggles for inclusion, acceptance,...  Read More >>

Nature Sports: Concepts and Practice

Nature Sports: Concepts and Practice

Author: Ricardo Melo (Coimbra Education School, Portugal) ,  Derek Van Rheenen
ISBN: 9781032558530
Format: Hardback
$284.00

The book represents first international collection and research in the field of nature sport. It is a resource for...  Read More >>

Move and Meet: Eine Studie zu Teilhabeprojekten im Sport aus der Perspektive der Angewandten Ethnologie

Move and Meet: Eine Studie zu Teilhabeprojekten im Sport...

Author: Laura Verweyen
ISBN: 9783658420413
Format: Paperback
$197.97

Dieser wurde als anwendungsorientierter Teil der vorliegenden Studie im Bereich der Angewandten Ethnologie konzipiert...  Read More >>

Theater des Konsums: Vorstudien für eine Soziologie der Verbraucherbühnen

Theater des Konsums: Vorstudien für eine Soziologie...

Author: Kai-Uwe Hellmann
ISBN: 9783658415594
Format: Paperback
$211.17

Diese Aufsatzsammlung beschäftigt sich vornehmlich mit der Frage, unter welchen Bedingungen die Erfahrung gemacht...  Read More >>

Arab Youths: Leisure, Culture and Politics from Morocco to Yemen

Arab Youths: Leisure, Culture and Politics from Morocco...

Author: Laurent Bonnefoy ,  Myriam Catusse
ISBN: 9781526127471
Format: Paperback
$57.99

A unique and transdisciplinary look at the young generations who lived in the Arab world at the time of the Arab...  Read More >>

Arab Youths: Leisure, Culture and Politics from Morocco to Yemen

Arab Youths: Leisure, Culture and Politics from Morocco...

Author: Laurent Bonnefoy ,  Myriam Catusse
ISBN: 9781526127457
Format: Hardback
$200.00

A unique and transdisciplinary look at the young generations who lived in the Arab world at the time of the Arab...  Read More >>

Sports Illustrated The Football Vault: Great Writing from the Pages of Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated The Football Vault: Great Writing...

Author: The Editors of Sports Illustrated
ISBN: 9781637275399
Format: Hardback
$54.99

Sports Illustrated, the most respected voice in sports journalism, has covered the National Football League for...  Read More >>

When It Mattered Most: The Forgotten Story of America's First Stanley Cup Champions, and the War to End All Wars

When It Mattered Most: The Forgotten Story of America's...

Author: Kevin Ticen
ISBN: 9798987407608
Format: Paperback
$65.97

NEW UPDATED EDITION FOR FANS OF HOCKEY AND SPORT EVERYWHERE This commemorative 2nd Edition is one of the most...  Read More >>

Skating on Thin Ice: Professional Hockey, Rape Culture, and Violence against Women

Skating on Thin Ice: Professional Hockey, Rape Culture,...

Author: Walter DeKeseredy ,  Stu Cowan
ISBN: 9781487547103
Format: Hardback
$59.99

Skating on Thin Ice exposes the culture of toxic masculinity in professional hockey and suggests how sport and society...  Read More >>

Religion of Sports: Navigating the Trials of Life Through the Games We Love

Religion of Sports: Navigating the Trials of Life Through...

Author: Gotham Chopra ,  Joe Levin
ISBN: 9781797164892
Format: Audio
$105.57

"From the sports documentarian and executive producer of the docuseries The Religion of Sports, a memoir-meets-manifesto...  Read More >>

The Crisis in Pro Baseball and Japan’s Lost Decade: The Curious Resilience of Heisei Japan

The Crisis in Pro Baseball and Japan’s Lost Decade:...

Author: Paul Dunscomb
ISBN: 9781032541709
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book examines Japan’s Heisei era through the lens of the crisis in Japanese professional baseball of 2004,...  Read More >>

Football, Gambling, and Everyday Life in Zimbabwe

Football, Gambling, and Everyday Life in Zimbabwe

Author: Manase Kudzai Chiweshe (University of Zimbabwe)
ISBN: 9781032578866
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book provides a holistic analysis of football gambling in Zimbabwe, exposing its impact on the everyday lives...  Read More >>

The Big Time: How the 1970s Transformed Sports in America

The Big Time: How the 1970s Transformed Sports in America...

Author: Michael MacCambridge
ISBN: 9781538706695
Format: Hardback
$55.00

A captivating chronicle of the pivotal decade in American sports, when the games invaded prime time, and sports...  Read More >>

Eric Dunning and the Sociology of Sport

Eric Dunning and the Sociology of Sport

Author: Dominic Malcolm (Loughborough University, UK) ,  Ivan Waddington
ISBN: 9781032579009
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book celebrates the life and career of Eric Dunning. Eric Dunning was a pioneer of the sociology of sport,...  Read More >>

Barista in the City: Subcultural Lives, Paid Employment, and the Urban Context

Barista in the City: Subcultural Lives, Paid Employment,...

Author: Geoffrey Moss (Temple University) ,  Keith McIntosh (Temple University)
ISBN: 9781032272030
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Barista in the City examines the impact of paid employment and the contemporary neoliberal context on the subcultural...  Read More >>

Agony: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu & the Ancient Greeks

Agony: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu & the Ancient Greeks

Author: Joshua Kulseth ,  David Larmour
ISBN: 9780989537155
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Joshua Kulseth and David Larmour compare today's Brazilian Jiu Jitsu gyms, training, and competitions to Ancient...  Read More >>

Sociology of Sport

Sociology of Sport

Author: George H. Sage ,  D. Stanley Eitzen
ISBN: 9780197622711
Format: Paperback
$191.95

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Talk of Champions: Stories of the People Who Made Me: A Memoir

Talk of Champions: Stories of the People Who Made Me:...

Author: Kenny Smith
ISBN: 9780593863688
Format: Paperback
$81.84

"A revealing, humorous, behind-the-scenes memoir from Kenny ""The Jet"" Smith—superstar basketball commentator,...  Read More >>

Raising Empowered Athletes: A Youth Sports Parenting Guide for Raising Happy, Brave, and Resilient Kids

Raising Empowered Athletes: A Youth Sports Parenting...

Author: Kirsten Jones
ISBN: 9781637276167
Format: Paperback
$50.16

A timely and down-to-earth guide for parents navigating the extraordinary pressures of youth sports  Read More >>

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