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Race, Gender and Sport
The Politics of Ethnic 'Other' Girls and Women
Av Aarti Ratna, Samaya F. Samie
Häftad, 2019
720 kr
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The experiences of ethnic ‘Other’ females have – until recently – been widely overlooked in the study of sport. There continues to be a need to produce critical scholarship about ethnic 'Other' girls and women in sport and physical culture, in order to represent their complex, multifarious and …
Power and Politics in World Athletics
A Critical History
Av Jörg Krieger
Inbunden, 2021
2512 kr
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This book provides the first detailed history of one of the most powerful international sport organisations, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since 2019 known as World Athletics. The book critically assesses the internal power relations within the IAAF by focusing on …
Understanding Lifestyle Sport
Consumption, Identity and Difference
Inbunden, 2004
2512 kr
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The past decade has seen a tremendous growth in the popularity of activities like skateboarding and snowboarding; sports that have been labelled as 'extreme' or 'lifestyle' and which embody 'alternative' sporting values such as anti-competitiveness, anti-regulation, high risk and personal freedom. …
Understanding Lifestyle Sport
Consumption, Identity and Difference
Häftad, 2004
822 kr
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The past decade has seen a tremendous growth in the popularity of activities like skateboarding and snowboarding; sports that have been labelled as 'extreme' or 'lifestyle' and which embody 'alternative' sporting values such as anti-competitiveness, anti-regulation, high risk and personal freedom. …
Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement
Through an Anthropological Lens
Inbunden, 2008
2666 kr
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Do the Paralympic Games empower the disability sport community?Like many other contemporary sporting institutions, the Paralympic Games have made the transition from pastime to spectacle, and the profile of athletes with disabilities has been increased as a result. This book reviews the current …
Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement
Through an Anthropological Lens
Häftad, 2008
873 kr
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Do the Paralympic Games empower the disability sport community?Like many other contemporary sporting institutions, the Paralympic Games have made the transition from pastime to spectacle, and the profile of athletes with disabilities has been increased as a result. This book reviews the current …
Global and Local Football
Politics and Europeanization on the Fringes of the EU
Av Gary Armstrong, Jon P. Mitchell
Inbunden, 2008
2666 kr
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What can the history of a nation's football reveal about that nation's wider political and socio-cultural identity? How can the study of local football culture help us to understand the powerful international forces at play within the modern game?Based on long-term and detailed ethnographic …
Why Sports Morally Matter
Inbunden, 2006
2913 kr
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When we accept that advertisers and sponsors dictate athletic schedules, that success in sport is measured by revenue, that athletes’ loyalties lie with their commercial agents instead of teams and that game rules exist to be tested and broken in the pursuit of a win, what does our regard for sport …
Why Sports Morally Matter
Häftad, 2006
1074 kr
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When we accept that advertisers and sponsors dictate athletic schedules, that success in sport is measured by revenue, that athletes’ loyalties lie with their commercial agents instead of teams and that game rules exist to be tested and broken in the pursuit of a win, what does our regard for sport …
Physical Culture, Power, and the Body
Av Patricia Vertinsky, Jennifer Hargreaves
Inbunden, 2006
3156 kr
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During the past decade, there has been an outpouring of books on 'the body' in society, but none has focused as specifically on physical culture - that is, cultural practices such as sport and dance within which the moving physical body is central. Questions are raised about the character of the …
Physical Culture, Power, and the Body
Av Patricia Vertinsky, Jennifer Hargreaves
Häftad, 2006
1072 kr
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During the past decade, there has been an outpouring of books on 'the body' in society, but none has focused as specifically on physical culture - that is, cultural practices such as sport and dance within which the moving physical body is central. Questions are raised about the character of the …
Sport, Sexualities and Queer/Theory
Inbunden, 2006
2744 kr
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The first book focusing exclusively on this subject, Sport, Sexualities and Queer/Theory captures the newest and best writing on an emerging focus of study that brings in perspectives from a number of disciplines including sports studies, gender studies, sociology, cultural studies, lesbian and gay …
Sport, Sexualities and Queer/Theory
Häftad, 2006
1012 kr
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The first book focusing exclusively on this subject, Sport, Sexualities and Queer/Theory captures the newest and best writing on an emerging focus of study that brings in perspectives from a number of disciplines including sports studies, gender studies, sociology, cultural studies, lesbian and gay …
Marxism, Cultural Studies and Sport
Av Ben Carrington, Ian McDonald
Inbunden, 2008
2744 kr
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The cultural ubiquity, political prominence and economic significance of contemporary sport present fertile terrain for its critical socio-cultural analysis. From corporate and media dominated mega-events like the Olympic Games, to state programmes for nation-building and health promotion, to the …
Marxism, Cultural Studies and Sport
Av Ben Carrington, Ian McDonald
Häftad, 2008
851 kr
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The cultural ubiquity, political prominence and economic significance of contemporary sport present fertile terrain for its critical socio-cultural analysis. From corporate and media dominated mega-events like the Olympic Games, to state programmes for nation-building and health promotion, to the …
British Asians and Football
Culture, Identity, Exclusion
Inbunden, 2006
2512 kr
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In spite of a great passion in the game and significant involvement at amateur level, British Asians are under-represented in professional football. This book asks how and why this situation has developed, using extensive interviews with British Asian football players to offer an insider’s …
Culture, Politics and Sport
Blowing the Whistle, Revisited
Inbunden, 2008
2744 kr
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'Whannel is a foundational figure in the study of sports and the media. …For 20 years his writing has set a high standard …and it remains an inspiration to many' - Toby Miller, Professor of Cultural Studies, New York University, USAGarry Whannel’s text Blowing the Whistle: The Politics of Sport …
Culture, Politics and Sport
Blowing the Whistle, Revisited
Häftad, 2008
822 kr
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'Whannel is a foundational figure in the study of sports and the media. …For 20 years his writing has set a high standard …and it remains an inspiration to many' - Toby Miller, Professor of Cultural Studies, New York University, USAGarry Whannel’s text Blowing the Whistle: The Politics of Sport …
British Asians and Football
Culture, Identity, Exclusion
Häftad, 2008
750 kr
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In spite of a great passion in the game and significant involvement at amateur level, British Asians are under-represented in professional football. This book asks how and why this situation has developed, using extensive interviews with British Asian football players to offer an insider’s …
Gay Games
A History
Inbunden, 2010
2512 kr
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The Gay Games is an important piece of new social history, examining one of the largest sporting, cultural and human rights events in the world. Since their inception in 1980, the Gay Games have developed into a multi-million dollar mega-event, engaging people from all continents, while the …
Cultural Politics of Lifestyle Sports
Inbunden, 2013
2512 kr
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This important new study examines the changing place and meaning of lifestyle sports – parkour, surfing, skateboarding, kite-surfing and others – and asks whether they continue to pose a challenge to the dominant meanings and experience of ‘sport’ and physical culture. Drawing on a series of …
Cultural Politics of Lifestyle Sports
Häftad, 2013
720 kr
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This important new study examines the changing place and meaning of lifestyle sports – parkour, surfing, skateboarding, kite-surfing and others – and asks whether they continue to pose a challenge to the dominant meanings and experience of ‘sport’ and physical culture. Drawing on a series of …
Global and Local Football
Politics and Europeanization on the Fringes of the EU
Av Gary Armstrong, Jon P. Mitchell
Häftad, 2009
910 kr
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What can the history of a nation's football reveal about that nation's wider political and socio-cultural identity? How can the study of local football culture help us to understand the powerful international forces at play within the modern game?Based on long-term and detailed ethnographic …
Gay Games
A History
Häftad, 2012
750 kr
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The Gay Games is an important piece of new social history, examining one of the largest sporting, cultural and human rights events in the world. Since their inception in 1980, the Gay Games have developed into a multi-million dollar mega-event, engaging people from all continents, while the …
Fastest, Highest, Strongest
A Critique of High-Performance Sport
Inbunden, 2006
2744 kr
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Fastest, Highest, Strongest presents a comprehensive challenge to the dominant orthodoxy concerning the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport. Examining the political and economic transformation of the Olympic Movement during the twentieth century, the authors argue that the realities of …
Fastest, Highest, Strongest
A Critique of High-Performance Sport
Häftad, 2006
822 kr
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Fastest, Highest, Strongest presents a comprehensive challenge to the dominant orthodoxy concerning the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport. Examining the political and economic transformation of the Olympic Movement during the twentieth century, the authors argue that the realities of …
Olympic Media
Inside the Biggest Show on Television
Inbunden, 2008
2666 kr
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Located in the United States, NBC (National Broadcasting Company) is the biggest and most powerful Olympic network in the world, having won the rights to televise both the Summer and the Winter Olympic Games. By way of attracting more viewers of both sexes and all ages and ethnicities than any …
Olympic Media
Inside the Biggest Show on Television
Häftad, 2008
981 kr
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Located in the United States, NBC (National Broadcasting Company) is the biggest and most powerful Olympic network in the world, having won the rights to televise both the Summer and the Winter Olympic Games. By way of attracting more viewers of both sexes and all ages and ethnicities than any …
Celebration Capitalism and the Olympic Games
Inbunden, 2013
2512 kr
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The Olympic Games have become the world’s greatest media and marketing event—a global celebration of exceptional athletics gilded with corporate cash. Huge corporations vie for association with the "Olympic Image" in the hope of gaining a worldwide marketing audience of billions. In this …
Power and Politics in World Athletics
A Critical History
Av Jörg Krieger
Häftad, 2023
648 kr
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This book provides the first detailed history of one of the most powerful international sport organisations, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since 2019 known as World Athletics. The book critically assesses the internal power relations within the IAAF by focusing on …
