Sociology: Sport & Leisure

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...

This book examines the lasting impact of the 2006 Winter Olympics on the city of Turin and the Piedmont region. From urban renewal and pedestrianiz...

Obwohl eines der prominentesten Themen literarischer Texte, fand das Reisen in der Literaturwissenschaft lange Zeit wenig Beachtung. Stärker in den...

From the sports documentarian and executive producer of the docuseries The Religion of Sports, a memoir-meets-manifesto about the overwhelming powe...

The Handbook of Sport and Japan presents a fascinating collection of established and new scholarship, a valuable text for readers who want to use s...

Tourist travel has become part of the lifestyle of Western industrial society. For todays travelers, recreation and curiosity, experiencing the wor...

There is one sound that will always be loudest in sports. It isn't the squeak of sneakers or the crunch of helmets; it isn't the grunts or even the...

The myth of the natural black athlete is widespread, though it's usually talked about only when a sports commentator or celebrity embarrasses himse...

Before Franklin Foer, Bill Bryson, and Simon Kuper wrote about soccer, best-selling author and highly respected academic Desmond Morris b...

This provocative book makes the case for the complete removal of national symbolism in the Olympic Games. Focusing on the case of national flags at...

Using the lens of arguably the states most popular sport, Blinded by the Lights: Texas High School Football and the Myth of Integration describes t...

In Boys Dont Cry, Girls Cant Throw, Martin Nash delves into how athletes influenced his mental health journey, how they are constantly challenging ...

The global geopolitics of sport is being transformed in and by East Asia. Sport in recent decades has been avidly embraced by East Asian nations, w...

Despite the mythology of sport bringing people together and encouraging everyone to work collectively to success, modern sport remains a site of ex...

Over the past three decades there has been widespread commitment to an understanding that sport can play a key role in community development. The r...

This original collection demonstrates the importance of sporting practices, spaces and leisure affiliations to understanding issues around identity...

The Indigenous peoples of Australia have a proud history of participation and the achievement of excellence in Australian sports. Historically, Aus...

Ancient Greece was the model that guided the emergence of many facets of the modern sports movement, including most notably the Olympics. Yet the p...

Despite the close and longstanding links between sport and music, the relationships between these two significant cultural forms have been relative...

Sport in the Pacific is a comparative consideration of the modern movement of Pacific peoples and their physical pursuits across national and cultu...

This volume draws together scholarship across a number of disciplines history, sociology, media and cultural studies, political science, Slavonic ...

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of post-Games legacy governance including stakeholder relationships, institutional conditions, and poli...

This book analyzes the intricate relationship between football fans and clubs, presenting new approaches for those in charge to actively involve fa...

Ethics in Sport, Fourth Edition, offers a total of 33 essays from influential authors. These essays provide readers with classic and contemporary v...

There is only one sport, outside of actual combat disciplines, where two participants can square off in old fashioned, bare-knuckle pugilism withou...

Sport occupies a central position in Irish social and cultural life, yet has been relatively marginal within the academy. Significant research has ...

A Companion to Sport brings together writing by leading sports theorists and social and cultural thinkers, to explore sport as a central element of...

The Anthropology of Performance is an invaluable guide to this exciting and growing area.  This cutting-edge volume on the major advancements in pe...

Cast as the ultimate hardhats, football players of the 1960s seemed to personify a crewcut traditional manhood that channeled the Puritan work ethi...

From the outset, the interrelationship between sport and communication has proved to be intense and heterogeneous. In a broad sense, sport can be ...

This book breaks down barriers between disciplines engaging with flow, by speaking from geography into psychology to establish geographical foundat...

From a leading scholar of sports and race, a story of two pioneering Black quarterbacks--one who became the first to win a Super Bowl, and one who ...

Cast as the ultimate hardhats, football players of the 1960s seemed to personify a crewcut traditional manhood that channeled the Puritan work ethi...

An intimate and freewheeling portrait of John Madden through the NFL legend's own words John Madden is synonymous with football. He was the televis...

Engaging with critical gaps and building on existing knowledge, this volume of Research in the Sociology of Sport brings to the fore new stories fr...