This book draws on diverse theoretical approaches, disciplines and original empirical research to critically reveal the socio-cultural and political importance of sporting pleasure, and provide a more rounded, dynamic and visceral account of sport and the moving body.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2017-10-12
Language: English
Number of Pages: 254
Edition: 1
Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
Tracing development of scientific sociology from Comte onwards, this book provides a narrative history of figures, ideas, and schools that lie behind ..