Sociology: Sport & Leisure

Sport and the Home Front contributes in significant and original ways to our understanding of the social and cultural history of the Second World W...

This book examines the phenomenon of athlete activism across all levels of sport, from elite and international sport, to collegiate and semi-pro, a...

As the world grapples with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, on almost every news website, across social media, as well as in its (many) absence...

Exercise and Well-Being after High-Performance Sport explores whether high-performance athletes have healthy and prosperous relationships with exer...

This book offers a brief history of how autoethnography has been employed in studies of sport and physical (in)activity to date and makes an explic...

Austerity is perhaps the major challenge of our times, given the speed at which it arrived and the consequences of its impact upon society. The glo...

The first full-length study of cycling activism through the lens of social movement theory, this book demonstrates that, despite tremendous differe...

The first full-length study of cycling activism through the lens of social movement theory, this book demonstrates that, despite tremendous differe...

Bass booms from custom speakers, pick-up trucks boast lowered suspensions, chrome rims reflect stoplights, and bare arms dangle from open windows. ...

Understanding instead of lamenting the popularity of self-help books Based on a reading of more than three hundred self-help books, Sandra K. Dolby...

Body by Weimar argues that male and female athletes fundamentally recast gender roles during Germany's turbulent post-World War I years and establi...

Young Arabs are too often reduced to the figures of the potential terrorist, the migrant or the exotic icon of the revolution. But the reality is m...

Can the boxing gym be recognised as an effective space for supporting desistance? Exploring the psychosocial manifestations of boxing, this enligh...

This book explores key and topical issues that are emerging in the field of sport marketing, while calling for further attention to the thriving sp...

This book responds to the need to investigate the complex links between sex and leisure and their implications for research and practice. Understan...

This is the first book to offer a comprehensive overview of the history and development of sport from the ancient to the contemporary era in China....

In the Netherlands, girls and young women are increasingly active in women-only kickboxing. The general assumption, in the Netherlands and in wes...

Most books that study professional sports concentrate on teams and leagues. In contrast, Home Team studies the connections between professional tea...

Thousands of children attended summer camps in twentieth-century Ontario. Did parents simply want a break, or were broader developments at play? Th...

Today, many people take the idea of holidays for granted and regard the provision of paid time off as a right. This book argues that popular touris...

Why will there never be another Bradman?How do you win 33 games in a row?Why did Zidane lose his rag on the world's stage?Foraying deep into sport'...

Major League Baseball is a beloved American institution that has been a product of the economic, social, and media structures that have evolved in ...

The Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is an authoritative and comprehensive account of the world’s greatest sporting and cul...

Major League Baseball is a beloved American institution that has been a product of the economic, social, and media structures that have evolved in ...

Drawing on rich insights from cultural, post-structural and postcolonial studies, this book demands that we rethink Carnival and the carnivalesque ...

Esports Insights outlines the fundamental characteristics, features, and structures of the rapidly growing esports industry and acts as the perfect...

This book is the first to focus on why and how foreign Western women engage in cross-border sexual and intimate relations as tourists travelling, o...

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...

During more than forty years, Bruce Kidd has combined careers as an internationally ranked athlete, coach, sports administrator, professor and dean...

Out of Bounds explores the trajectories and challenges of exceptional men and women athletes who later became outstanding academic scholars. The bo...

This volume is an exciting contribution to debates about identity and citizenship both in the UK and elsewhere. By examining the view from abroad, ...

This study of Manchester football, by leading football historian Gary James, considers the sport’s emergence, development and establishment through...

Academic perspectives and analysis of recent controversies relating to football and bigotry in Scottish society. Football is Scotland's most assidu...

Hockey's ability to tell stories about Canada that reflect the country's uniqueness - its strengths and weaknesses