Sociology: Sport & Leisure

Global Perspectives of Sport and Physical Culture is a compilation of diverse essays derived from the works of prominent international scholars tha...

While globalisation has undoubtedly occurred in many social fields, in sport the importance of the nation has remained. This book examines the cont...

Modern football is an industry and capitalism is its engine. However, this book argues for a more nuanced understanding of contemporary football cu...

Iceland is a tiny Nordic nation with a population of just 330,000 and no professional sports leagues, and yet its soccer, basketball and handball t...

This book examines the youth sport parent experience through the lens of social capital, a cornerstone social science concept of the past 30 years....

Entertainment tourism has recently become more popular. Entertainment attractions encourage tourists to travel around the world to have fun and are...

Not all World Heritage Sites have people living within or close by their boundaries, but many do. The designation of World Heritage status brings a...

In times when the social sciences have become increasingly fragmented and more focused on the pieces of the puzzle, the puzzle, as a topic in its o...

Sex, gender and sexuality have played an important role in shaping the culture of surfing and are central themes in the study of sport and movement...

Global sports events are rarely far from the public eye. Such mega-events are about much more than the sporting competitions themselves. They entai...

Teaching the skills necessary to play sport depends partly on transmitting knowledge verbally, yet non-verbal or tacit knowledge also has an import...

This collection explores the multifaceted connections between soccer and society in the Middle East. It examines the social significance of soccer ...

This book reveals how, when, where, and why vitalism and its relationship to new scientific theories, philosophies and concepts of energy became se...

Providing a unique analysis of current multidisciplinary research on the complex relationships between tourism and the imaginaries of tourist desti...

This first full length treatment of the role of morality in tourism examines how the tourism encounter is also fundamentally a moral encounter. Dra...

This book reveals how, when, where, and why vitalism and its relationship to new scientific theories, philosophies and concepts of energy became se...

This is the first book to examine the role of women in the origins, development and contemporary landscape of snowboarding. Focusing on organised a...

This book is about the experience of reading-what reading feels like, how it makes people feel, how people read and under what conditions, what dri...

The original Tourist Gaze was a classic, marking out a new land to study and appreciate. This new edition extends into fresh areas with the same p...

This book provides important new insights into social issues in the rapidly growing field of esports, filling a gap in the literature that has, unt...

Learn how to use literature and informational texts related to sports as an alternative or a supplement to a canon-centric English classroom. This ...

Originally published in 1982, From Author to Reader, the first of its kind, is a complete review of books in modern society that draws upon the aut...

Britons Abroad (1968) takes the lid off nine 1960s package tours, mainly in Europe, revealing the kind of people taking part, what they got for the...

Introduction by Will Leitch, founding editor of Deadspin Talk to any of the millions of devoted Friday Night Lights fans and they'll tell you: it'...

With the increasing popularity of K-pop and K-drama, South Korean culture has stepped into the spotlight with interest from the public and academia...

For decades women have been playing competitive sports thanks in large part to the protective cover of Title IX. Since passage of that law, the num...

The history of leisure time, from the earliest societies to the work-from-home era Free time, one of lifes most precious things, often feels unfulf...

Playing While White argues that whiteness matters in sports culture, both on and off the field. Offering critical analysis of athletic stars such a...

Sport is often seen as an indicator of the civic maturity of a community, an aspect of the rights of citizens to health, education and social integ...

The Ideal Guide to parkrun 'A brilliant emotive book which spreads the joy and love of parkrun' Dame Kelly Holmes Perfect for any parkrunner, or ...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDA hilarious examination of the football commentary language we all understand but don'...

This open access book presents a collection of case studies to analyse the FIFA World Cup 2022 held in Qatar, which revealed several complex aspect...

Social Issues in Sport, Third Edition, explores common questions and issues about sport and its relation to society through various sociological an...

The basis for the new Peacock television series: The classic, in-depth account of the ancient Romans obsession with the bloody and brutal gladiator...