Sociology: Sport & Leisure

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...

Given Chinas investment in sport, success in international competitions and recent hosting of high-profile events, there is no doubt the country is...

The Richardson boys ganged up with two other big families in their buildings and, at various ages, had tried out most of the local youth organisati...

Playing at War offers an innovative focus on Civil War video games as significant sites of memory creation, distortion, and evolution in popular cu...

Playing at War offers an innovative focus on Civil War video games as significant sites of memory creation, distortion, and evolution in popular cu...

Bringing together many of the most influential scholars in sport and media studies, this book examines the diverse ways that media influences our u...

Identity is one of the most theorised and contested of all sociological concepts and sport is fertile ground for an examination of its complexities...

A candid and moving autobiography by the 'Black Widow' of billiards Jeanette Lee was 18 years old when she walked into a New York City pool hall an...

As urban development in Asia has accelerated, cities in the region have become central to skateboarding culture, livelihoods, and consumption. Asia...

Theme Park Fandom argues that serious study of theme parks and their adult fans has much to tell us about contemporary transmediality and convergen...

This edited volume gathers together studies examining various aspects of physical culture in literature written in French from Europe and around th...

Bringing together leading as well as emerging scholars involved in research on sport and body, this volume of Research in the Sociology of Sport in...

When Kyle Shanahan became the NFLs youngest offensive coordinator in 2008, he had one prevailing rule: Tell me the why. If a colleague couldnt just...

El futbol es más que un deporte en México, es una parte fundamental de su cultura. Juego peligroso: historias de lucha y diversidad en el futbol fe...