Sport and Leisure Studies

Sport, Technology and the Body examines the nature of performance, cultural resistance to the enhancement of athletes, and the ways in which technology confounds popular conceptions of the sporting body and its achievements as "natural". Offering a powerful challenge to conventional views of athleti..

This book considers the role of the nation and national identities in relation to important sports events. It explores the ways in which these identities are framed through media narratives, sponsorship and community participation as relates to sport tourism._x000D_ This book was originally publishe..

This volume examines the ways in which sport shapes the experiences of various immigrant and minority groups and in particular, looks at the relationship between sport, ethnic identity and ethnic relations...

This book raises critical questions about the explanatory framework guiding sports coaching research and presents a new conceptualization for research in the field. Through mapping and contextualizing sports coaching research within a corporatized higher education, the dominant or legitimate forms o..

Sports Journalism is a comprehensive guide to the purpose, principles and practice of this unique profession. Now in a revised and updated second edition, including new material on social media and the rise of online journalism, this is the only book to explore the fundamentals of sports reporting a..

Sports Journalism is a comprehensive guide to the purpose, principles and practice of this unique profession. Now in a revised and updated second edition, including new material on social media and the rise of online journalism, this is the only book to explore the fundamentals of sports reporting a..

Sports Management and Administration 2nd edition presents a comprehensive overview of the management of sport in the UK at every level, from the European context to the organisation of voluntary grass-roots sport...

This innovative and timely volume of essays critically interrogates the shared histories between sport and a variety of leisure, entertainment and cultural pursuits. Utilizing a range of historical methods and sources, they describe how sport has interacted with a broad range of leisure forms, inclu..

Drawing on popular surf culture, academic literature and the analytical tools of social theory, this is the first sustained commentary on the contemporary social and cultural meaning of surfing, exploring mind and body, emotions, and aesthetics...

This original book examines 1930s football in England in its social, economic and political context by focusing on ten of the top players of the era. It sheds light on the decade that saw players taking on a public persona as 'terrace heroes'...

This important new collection of articles showcases the very best international scholarship in the field of sports ethics, and offers a comprehensive, one-stop resource for any student, scholar or sportsperson with an interest in this fascinating area...

This important new collection of articles showcases the very best international scholarship in the field of sports ethics, and offers a comprehensive, one-stop resource for any student, scholar or sportsperson with an interest in this fascinating area...