Sociology: sport & leisure books

4416 books were found.

Exploring the Natural Underground: A New Sociology of Caving

Exploring the Natural Underground: A New Sociology of...

Author: Kevin Bingham (Barnsley College, UK)
ISBN: 9781032294766
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book explores the enigmatic world of the natural underground, viewing it as a site of leisure and a primary...  Read More >>

Sport, Protest and Globalisation: Stopping Play

Sport, Protest and Globalisation: Stopping Play

Author: Jon Dart ,  Stephen Wagg
ISBN: 9781349690787
Format: Paperback
$119.00

This volume is built around three assumptions - first, that for huge numbers people around the world, including...  Read More >>

Mallparks: Baseball Stadiums and the Culture of Consumption

Mallparks: Baseball Stadiums and the Culture of Consumption...

Author: Michael T Friedman ,  Barry Abrams
ISBN: 9798212554633
Format: Audio
$65.97

In Mallparks, Michael Friedman observes that just as cathedrals represented power relations in medieval towns, and...  Read More >>

Mallparks: Baseball Stadiums and the Culture of Consumption

Mallparks: Baseball Stadiums and the Culture of Consumption...

Author: Michael T Friedman ,  Barry Abrams
ISBN: 9798212554626
Format: Audio
$65.97

In Mallparks, Michael Friedman observes that just as cathedrals represented power relations in medieval towns, and...  Read More >>

Skateboarding, Power and Change

Skateboarding, Power and Change

Author: Indigo Willing ,  Anthony Pappalardo
ISBN: 9789819912339
Format: Paperback
$72.42

This book explores how cultural, social and political change happens through a unique analysis of the ‘ethical turn’...  Read More >>

Football For Dummies, USA Edition

Football For Dummies, USA Edition

Author: Howie Long ,  John Czarnecki
ISBN: 9781394181261
Format: Paperback
$41.95

"""This guide provides an insider's look at the game and covers such topics as football basics, strategies, leagues,...  Read More >>

Athlete Activism: Contemporary Perspectives

Athlete Activism: Contemporary Perspectives

Author: Rory Magrath (Solent University, Southampton, UK)
ISBN: 9780367690717
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book takes a close look at the phenomenon of athlete activism, across all levels of sport from elite and international...  Read More >>

Place Event Marketing in the Asia Pacific Region: Branding and Promotion in Cities

Place Event Marketing in the Asia Pacific Region: Branding...

Author: Waldemar Cudny
ISBN: 9781032061016
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book explores the fascinating phenomenon of place event marketing in the Asia Pacific. It examines procedures...  Read More >>

Sport Participation and Olympic Legacies: A Comparative Study

Sport Participation and Olympic Legacies: A Comparative...

Author: Spencer Harris (University of Colorado, USA) ,  Mathew Dowling (Anglia Ruskin University, UK)
ISBN: 9780367751258
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book examines claims that the Olympic Games are a vehicle to inspire and increase mass sports participation....  Read More >>

Somaesthetics and the Philosophy of Culture: Projects in Japan

Somaesthetics and the Philosophy of Culture: Projects...

Author: Satoshi Higuchi
ISBN: 9780367743086
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Higuchi provides insight into how this philosophy has developed in Japan, and the affinity it has developed with...  Read More >>

Lifestyle Sports and Identities: Subcultural Careers Through the Life Course

Lifestyle Sports and Identities: Subcultural Careers...

Author: Tyler Dupont ,  Becky Beal
ISBN: 9781032052397
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book examines how different stages of adult life affect participation in lifestyle sports and in the construction...  Read More >>

On Boxing: Critical Interventions in the Bittersweet Science

On Boxing: Critical Interventions in the Bittersweet...

Author: Joseph D Lewandowski (University of Central Missouri, USA)
ISBN: 9781032052366
Format: Paperback
$41.99

This book is a philosophical and cultural critique of contemporary boxing. It broadens and deepens our understanding...  Read More >>

Cricket and Contemporary Society in Britain: Crisis and Continuity

Cricket and Contemporary Society in Britain: Crisis...

Author: Russell Holden (In the Zone Sport and Politics Consultancy, UK)
ISBN: 9781032137780
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book investigates the declining status of cricket within British society after England’s Ashes victory in 2005....  Read More >>

Women in Judo

Women in Judo

Author: Mike Callan (University of Hertfordshire, UK)
ISBN: 9781032188478
Format: Paperback
$41.99

This is the first book to explore women’s judo in all aspects, from the history and governance of the sport to cutting-edge...  Read More >>

Money, Power, Respect: How Women in Sports Are Shaping the Future of Feminism

Money, Power, Respect: How Women in Sports Are Shaping...

Author: Macaela MacKenzie
ISBN: 9781541600898
Format: Hardback
$79.20

An inside look at how women athletes are leading the fight for equality--on and off the field Women's sports...  Read More >>

Mallparks: Baseball Stadiums and the Culture of Consumption

Mallparks: Baseball Stadiums and the Culture of Consumption...

Author: Michael T Friedman ,  Barry Abrams
ISBN: 9798212554619
Format: Audio
$65.97

In Mallparks, Michael Friedman observes that just as cathedrals represented power relations in medieval towns, and...  Read More >>

Here Comes the Fun: A Journey Into the Serious Business of Having a Laugh

Here Comes the Fun: A Journey Into the Serious Business...

Author: Ben Aitken
ISBN: 9781837730056
Format: Hardback
$44.99

FROM FISHING AND FLYING TO FRENCH COOKING - BEN AITKEN'S YEAR OF ACTIVELY PURSUING FUN.  Read More >>

Women in American Soccer and European Football: Different Roads to Shared Glory

Women in American Soccer and European Football: Different...

Author: Andrei S Markovits
ISBN: 9798986019833
Format: Paperback
$31.65

Different Evolutionary Models - Past, Present, and Future - Certain to Collide at Women's World Cup 2023 With...  Read More >>

Gender and Power in Strength Sports: Strong As Feminist

Gender and Power in Strength Sports: Strong As Feminist...

Author: Noelle K. Brigden (Marquette University, USA) ,  Katie Rose Hejtmanek (Brooklyn College, USA)
ISBN: 9781032441870
Format: Hardback
$263.00

This book explores strength sports as a site of political contestation and a platform for insurgent gender practices....  Read More >>

Multilingual Baseball: Language Learning, Identity, and Intercultural Communication in the Transnational Game

Multilingual Baseball: Language Learning, Identity,...

Author: Brendan H. O'Connor (Arizona State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781350298521
Format: Hardback
$190.00

"""An exploration of multilingualism in professional sports using linguistic anthropological analysis""--"  Read More >>

Sport and Physical Culture in Global Pandemic Times: COVID Assemblages

Sport and Physical Culture in Global Pandemic Times:...

Author: David L. Andrews ,  Holly Thorpe
ISBN: 9783031143861
Format: Hardback
$475.17

The book will be of interest to advanced undergraduate and students and scholars of kinesiology, sociology of sport,...  Read More >>

The Pleasures of Leisure

The Pleasures of Leisure

Author: Robert Dessaix
ISBN: 9780143780052
Format: Paperback
$22.99

In today's crazily busy world the importance of making time for leisure is more vital than ever. Yet so many of...  Read More >>

Power Played: A Critical Criminology of Sport

Power Played: A Critical Criminology of Sport

Author: Derek Silva ,  Liam Kennedy
ISBN: 9780774867801
Format: Paperback
$93.15

Power Played represents a distinctly critical criminology of sport, blowing the whistle on the harm, violence, and...  Read More >>

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