Critical Issues in Sport and Society – serie
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Why Would Anyone Do That?
Lifestyle Sport in the Twenty-First Century
Häftad, 2016
378 kr
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Triathlons, such as the famously arduous Ironman Triathlon, and “extreme” mountain biking-hair-raising events held over exceedingly dangerous terrain-are prime examples of the new “lifestyle sports” that have grown in recent years from oddball pursuits, practiced by a handful of characters, into …
Why Would Anyone Do That?
Lifestyle Sport in the Twenty-First Century
Inbunden, 2016
1421 kr
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Triathlons, such as the famously arduous Ironman Triathlon, and “extreme” mountain biking-hair-raising events held over exceedingly dangerous terrain-are prime examples of the new “lifestyle sports” that have grown in recent years from oddball pursuits, practiced by a handful of characters, into …
Indian Spectacle
College Mascots and the Anxiety of Modern America
Häftad, 2015
356 kr
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Amid controversies surrounding the team mascot and brand of the Washington Redskins in the National Football League and the use of mascots by K–12 schools, Americans demonstrate an expanding sensitivity to the pejorative use of references to Native Americans by sports organizations at all levels. …
Indian Spectacle
College Mascots and the Anxiety of Modern America
Inbunden, 2015
1462 kr
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Amid controversies surrounding the team mascot and brand of the Washington Redskins in the National Football League and the use of mascots by K–12 schools, Americans demonstrate an expanding sensitivity to the pejorative use of references to Native Americans by sports organizations at all levels. …
Testing for Athlete Citizenship
Regulating Doping and Sex in Sport
Häftad, 2015
396 kr
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Incidents of doping in sports are common in news headlines, despite regulatory efforts. How did doping become a crisis? What does a doping violation actually entail? Who gets punished for breaking the rules of fair play? In Testing for Athlete Citizenship, Kathryn E. Henne, a former competitive …
Testing for Athlete Citizenship
Regulating Doping and Sex in Sport
Inbunden, 2015
1316 kr
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Incidents of doping in sports are common in news headlines, despite regulatory efforts. How did doping become a crisis? What does a doping violation actually entail? Who gets punished for breaking the rules of fair play? In Testing for Athlete Citizenship, Kathryn E. Henne, a former competitive …
Parkour and the City
Risk, Masculinity, and Meaning in a Postmodern Sport
Häftad, 2017
453 kr
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In the increasingly popular sport of parkour, athletes run, jump, climb, flip, and vault through city streetscapes, resembling urban gymnasts to passersby and awestruck spectators. In Parkour and the City, cultural sociologist Jeffrey L. Kidder examines the ways in which this sport involves a …
When Women Rule the Court
Gender, Race, and Japanese American Basketball
Häftad, 2017
438 kr
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Winner of the 2018 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Book AwardFor nearly one hundred years, basketball has been an important part of Japanese American life. Women’s basketball holds a special place in the contemporary scene of highly organized and expansive Japanese American …
When Women Rule the Court
Gender, Race, and Japanese American Basketball
Inbunden, 2017
1731 kr
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Winner of the 2018 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Book AwardFor nearly one hundred years, basketball has been an important part of Japanese American life. Women’s basketball holds a special place in the contemporary scene of highly organized and expansive Japanese American …
Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body
Materialisms, Technologies, Ecologies
Av Joshua I. Newman, Holly Thorpe m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
453 kr
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2020 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleThe moving body-pervasively occupied by fitness activities, intense training and dieting regimes, recreational practices, and high-profile sporting mega-events-holds a vital function in contemporary society. As the body moves-as it performs, sweats, runs, and …
Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body
Materialisms, Technologies, Ecologies
Av Joshua I. Newman, Holly Thorpe m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1737 kr
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2020 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleThe moving body-pervasively occupied by fitness activities, intense training and dieting regimes, recreational practices, and high-profile sporting mega-events-holds a vital function in contemporary society. As the body moves-as it performs, sweats, runs, and …
Lakota Hoops
Life and Basketball on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Av Alan Klein
Häftad, 2020
384 kr
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For over 150 years the Lakota have tenaciously defended their culture and land against white miners, settlers, missionaries, and the U.S. Army, and paid the price. Their economy is in shambles and they face serious social issues, but their culture and outlook remain vibrant. Basketball has a role …
Lakota Hoops
Life and Basketball on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Av Alan Klein
Inbunden, 2020
719 kr
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For over 150 years the Lakota have tenaciously defended their culture and land against white miners, settlers, missionaries, and the U.S. Army, and paid the price. Their economy is in shambles and they face serious social issues, but their culture and outlook remain vibrant. Basketball has a role …
Soccer in Mind
A Thinking Fan's Guide to the Global Game
Häftad, 2021
342 kr
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From the FIFA World Cup to pick-up games at your local park, soccer is the closest thing in our world to a universal entertainment. Many writers use this global popularity to describe the game’s winners and losers, but what happens when we use social science to explore how soccer intersects with …
Soccer in Mind
A Thinking Fan's Guide to the Global Game
Inbunden, 2021
830 kr
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From the FIFA World Cup to pick-up games at your local park, soccer is the closest thing in our world to a universal entertainment. Many writers use this global popularity to describe the game’s winners and losers, but what happens when we use social science to explore how soccer intersects with …
Say Her Name
Centering Black Feminism and Black Women in Sport
Av Letisha Engracia Cardoso Brown
Häftad, 2025
314 kr
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Say Her Name: Centering Black Feminism and Black Women in Sports offers an in-depth look into the lived experiences of Blackgirlwomen as athletes, activists, and everyday people through a Black feminist lens. With so much research on race centered on Black men and gender research focusing on white …
Say Her Name
Centering Black Feminism and Black Women in Sport
Av Letisha Engracia Cardoso Brown
Inbunden, 2025
1346 kr
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Say Her Name: Centering Black Feminism and Black Women in Sports offers an in-depth look into the lived experiences of Blackgirlwomen as athletes, activists, and everyday people through a Black feminist lens. With so much research on race centered on Black men and gender research focusing on white …
Nation of Family and Friends?
Sport and the Leisure Cultures of British Asian Girls and Women
Av Aarti Ratna
Häftad, 2024
300 kr
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In A Nation of Family and Friends, sociologist Aarti Ratna examines the complex and dynamic relationships between South Asian women and sporting and leisure cultures. Mining autobiographical insights (as a South Asian scholar living in the UK) she links the chapters of this innovative book using …
Nation of Family and Friends?
Sport and the Leisure Cultures of British Asian Girls and Women
Av Aarti Ratna
Inbunden, 2024
1402 kr
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In A Nation of Family and Friends, sociologist Aarti Ratna examines the complex and dynamic relationships between South Asian women and sporting and leisure cultures. Mining autobiographical insights (as a South Asian scholar living in the UK) she links the chapters of this innovative book using …
Strikes and Strikeouts
Sports and the Labor Movement in the Mid-Twentieth-Century United States
Häftad, 2026
375 kr
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During the first half of the twentieth century, the introduction of cheap or free recreation to the workplace provided a metaphorical place where ordinary working-class people of all races and genders gained access to physical leisure and developed bonds of camaraderie in the anti-fascist labor …
Strikes and Strikeouts
Sports and the Labor Movement in the Mid-Twentieth-Century United States
Inbunden, 2026
1386 kr
Kommande
During the first half of the twentieth century, the introduction of cheap or free recreation to the workplace provided a metaphorical place where ordinary working-class people of all races and genders gained access to physical leisure and developed bonds of camaraderie in the anti-fascist labor …
High School
Sports, Spirit, and Citizens, 1903-2024
Inbunden, 2025
446 kr
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High school yearbooks provide both a vivid snapshot of student life and a reflection of what the adults in the community valued the most. For instance, athletics are often covered more than academics, and boys’ sports routinely receive more attention than girls’ sports. But how have those values …
Black Sporting Resistance
Diaspora, Transnationalism, and Internationalism
Häftad, 2025
338 kr
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In recent years, there has been increased attention towards activism in sporting spaces. A vast majority of these contributions have focused on intra-nation tensions and impact. Yet, there is a dearth of scholarship that has engaged in a theoretically grounded analysis of how Black sportspersons …
Black Sporting Resistance
Diaspora, Transnationalism, and Internationalism
Inbunden, 2025
1386 kr
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In recent years, there has been increased attention towards activism in sporting spaces. A vast majority of these contributions have focused on intra-nation tensions and impact. Yet, there is a dearth of scholarship that has engaged in a theoretically grounded analysis of how Black sportspersons …
Ballers and Backlash
Twelve Years of Activism, Populism, and Politics in American Sports
Häftad, 2027
312 kr
Kommande
In the aftermath of Travyon Martin's killing in Florida in 2012, athletes like LeBron James and Serena Williams launched an era of athletic activism never before seen in American history. This "take-a-knee" movement—most famously and controversially enacted by Colin Kaepernick—shook the American …
Discipline and Indulgence
College Football, Media, and the American Way of Life During the Cold War
Häftad, 2013
467 kr
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Winner of the 2014 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) Outstanding Book AwardThe early Cold War (1947–1964) was a time of optimism in America. Flushed with confidence by the Second World War, many heralded the American Century and saw postwar affluence as proof that capitalism …
Discipline and Indulgence
College Football, Media, and the American Way of Life During the Cold War
Inbunden, 2013
1785 kr
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Winner of the 2014 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) Outstanding Book AwardThe early Cold War (1947–1964) was a time of optimism in America. Flushed with confidence by the Second World War, many heralded the American Century and saw postwar affluence as proof that capitalism …
