Sociology: sport & leisure books

4411 books were found.

Macho Men in South African Gyms: The Idealization of Spornosexuality

Macho Men in South African Gyms: The Idealization of...

Author: Jacques Rothmann
ISBN: 9783031154423
Format: Paperback
$290.37

This book explores the experiences of self-identified heterosexual and gay men in contemporary South African gym...  Read More >>

Strong Women: Inspirational athletes at the top of their game

Strong Women: Inspirational athletes at the top of their...

Author: Suzanne Wrack
ISBN: 9781802792256
Format: Hardback
$36.99

Recounting how women have not only fought their way into the world of sport but to the top of their game, this book...  Read More >>

Tough Guys

Tough Guys

Author: Dale Arnold
ISBN: 9781637271926
Format: Hardback
$73.92

"There is only one sport, outside of actual combat disciplines, where two participants can square off in old fashioned,...  Read More >>

Indigenous, Traditional, and Folk Sports: Contesting Modernities

Indigenous, Traditional, and Folk Sports: Contesting...

Author: Mariann Vaczi (University of Nevada, Reno, USA) ,  Alan Bairner (Loughborough University, UK)
ISBN: 9781032329963
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This is the first book to focus on indigenous, traditional and folk sports and sporting cultures. It examines the...  Read More >>

Cricket, Capitalism and Class: From the Village Green to the Cricket Industry

Cricket, Capitalism and Class: From the Village Green...

Author: Chris McMillan (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
ISBN: 9781032261652
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This ambitious new study argues that not only is the story of cricket inescapably entwined with that of capitalism,...  Read More >>

The Sports Revolution: How Texas Changed the Culture of American Athletics

The Sports Revolution: How Texas Changed the Culture...

Author: Frank Andre Guridy
ISBN: 9781477328576
Format: Paperback
$48.99

The story of Texas’s impact on American sports culture during the civil rights and second-wave feminist movements,...  Read More >>

The Sociology of Leisure

The Sociology of Leisure

Author: Stanley Parker
ISBN: 9781032100876
Format: Paperback
$60.99

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Always an Athlete

Always an Athlete

Author: Jenne Blackburn
ISBN: 9781621908593
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Offers a comprehensive study of the ways in which athletes climb what author Jenni Blackburn terms ‘The Mountain’...  Read More >>

Perceptions of East Asian and Asian North American Athletics

Perceptions of East Asian and Asian North American Athletics...

Author: Steve Bien-Aimé ,  Cynthia Wang
ISBN: 9783030977825
Format: Paperback
$290.37

This book highlights inconsistencies within the field of sports scholarship and provides an opportunity to open...  Read More >>

Prehistoric: The Audacious and Improbable Origin Story of the Toronto Raptors

Prehistoric: The Audacious and Improbable Origin Story...

Author: Alex Wong
ISBN: 9781637272015
Format: Hardback
$73.92

The improbable story of the birth of modern-day pro basketball in Toronto In just over 25 years, the Toronto Raptors...  Read More >>

Iceman: Why I Was Born to Score

Iceman: Why I Was Born to Score

Author: George Gervin ,  Scoop Jackson
ISBN: 9781637272312
Format: Hardback
$79.20

"An entertaining and deeply personal autobiography from one of basketball's all-time great scorers To see George...  Read More >>

Festivals and Edutainment

Festivals and Edutainment

Author: Giulia Rossetti (Oxford Brookes University, UK) ,  Brianna Wyatt (Oxford Brookes University, UK)
ISBN: 9781032304991
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book extends current knowledge and understanding of festival experiences. Relying on a series of international...  Read More >>

Play and Democracy: Philosophical Perspectives

Play and Democracy: Philosophical Perspectives

Author: Alice Koubová (Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ) ,  Petr Urban (Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ)
ISBN: 9780367641306
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book explores the complex and multi-layered relationships between democracy and play, presenting important...  Read More >>

New Dimensions of Sport in Modern Europe: Perspectives from the ‘Long Twentieth Century’

New Dimensions of Sport in Modern Europe: Perspectives...

Author: Heather L. Dichter (De Montfort University) ,  Robert J. Lake (Douglas College, Canada)
ISBN: 9780367712976
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book offers new perspectives on European sport history in the ‘long twentieth century’ designed to challenge...  Read More >>

Asian Sport Celebrity

Asian Sport Celebrity

Author: Koji Kobayashi (Otaru University of Commerce) ,  Younghan Cho (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea)
ISBN: 9780367695330
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book book offers a comprehensive understanding of the multi-faceted construction of what it means to be Asian...  Read More >>

Pedagogies of Social Justice in Physical Education and Youth Sport

Pedagogies of Social Justice in Physical Education and...

Author: Shrehan Lynch (University of East London, UK) ,  Jennifer L. Walton-Fisette (Kent State University, USA)
ISBN: 9780367755379
Format: Paperback
$41.99

This book offers an overview of contemporary debates in social justice and equity within Physical Education (PE)...  Read More >>

Complexity in Games Teaching and Coaching: A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective

Complexity in Games Teaching and Coaching: A Multi-Disciplinary...

Author: Felix Lebed (Kaye Academic College of Education, Israel)
ISBN: 9781032225142
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Shedding new light on sport pedagogy and the teaching and coaching of games, this book shows how complexity theory...  Read More >>

Esports Insights

Esports Insights

Author: Emily Hayday (Loughborough University London, UK.) ,  Holly Collison-Randall (Loughborough University, UK)
ISBN: 9781032100890
Format: Paperback
$41.99

Esports Insights outlines the fundamental characteristics, features, and structures of the rapidly growing esports...  Read More >>

Community Sport and Social Inclusion: Enhancing Strategies for Promoting Personal Development, Health and Social Cohesion

Community Sport and Social Inclusion: Enhancing Strategies...

Author: Marc Theeboom ,  Hebe Schaillée
ISBN: 9781032125282
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book examines sport as an inclusive and developmental environment, exploring the conditions by which community...  Read More >>

Social Capital and Sport Organisations

Social Capital and Sport Organisations

Author: Richard Tacon
ISBN: 9781032118741
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Drawing on primary research within voluntary sports clubs in the UK and secondary analysis of the wider international...  Read More >>

Philosophy, Sport and the Pandemic

Philosophy, Sport and the Pandemic

Author: Jeffrey P. Fry (Ball State University, USA) ,  Andrew Edgar (Cardiff University, UK)
ISBN: 9781032102146
Format: Paperback
$83.99

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on every aspect of our social, cultural and commercial lives, including...  Read More >>

Routledge Handbook of the Tourist Experience

Routledge Handbook of the Tourist Experience

Author: Richard Sharpley (University of Central Lancashire, UK)
ISBN: 9781032114279
Format: Paperback
$92.99

Routledge Handbook of the Tourist Experience offers a comprehensive synthesis of contemporary research on the tourist...  Read More >>

El Mundial de Messi / Messi's World Cup

El Mundial de Messi / Messi's World Cup

Author: Alejandro Wall ,  Gastón Edul
ISBN: 9786073905183
Format: Paperback
$39.47

"""The intimate history of the World Cup that the soccer world owned Lionel Messi.""--"  Read More >>

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