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  • Understanding Sport as a Religious Phenomenon

    An Introduction

    by Eric Bain-Selbo, D. Gregory Sapp ...
    Readers are introduced to a range of theoretical and methodological approaches used to understand religion – including sociology, philosophy, psychology, and anthropology – and how they can be used to understand sport as a religious phenomenon. Topics include the formation of powerful communities among fans and the religious experience of the fan, myth, symbols and rituals and the sacrality of ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

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    Ethnographic Studies of School Playtimes

    by R. Willett, C. Richards, J. Marsh, A. Burn, J. C Bishop ...
    Series series Studies in Childhood and Youth
    Drawing on ethnographic accounts of children's media-referenced play, this book explores children's engagement with media cultures and playground experiences, analyzing a range of issues such as learning, fantasy, communication and identity. ... Read more

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  • The Palgrave Handbook of Olympic Studies

    Edited by H. Lenskyj, S. Wagg ...
    A comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference collection, bringing together an authoritative and international line-up of scholars to examine key social and political issues related to the Olympics. An essential, 'one-stop' volume for a wide range of academics, students and researchers. ... Read more

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  • Culture of the Slow

    Social Deceleration in an Accelerated World

    Edited by N. Osbaldiston ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Across the world, there has been a growing dissatisfaction with the tempo of modern life. Described simply as the 'slow phenomenon', this volume explores this new brand of living that entails not simply slowing down but an embracing of alternative activities that promote meaning, thoughtfulness, engagement and authenticity. ... Read more

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  • Sports and The Global South

    Work, Play and Resistance In Sri Lanka

    by S. Janaka Biyanwila ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book reimagines the pleasures of sports and provides a critical perspective from the Global South. Analysing the spread of sports markets in Sri Lanka along with a range of struggles, the book highlights how the celebration of ‘sportive nationalism,’ promoting sports markets in the Global South reinforces patriarchal ethno-nationalist authoritarian sports cultures.By explaining how the realm ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The New Politics of Leisure and Pleasure

    Edited by P. Bramham, S. Wagg ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book is about the new politics of leisure and pleasure - the values, practices, struggles and contradictions that now characterize the social worlds of rambling, drinking, tourism, sex, watching TV, gambling, using the internet, reading, comedy, sport, popular music and censorship. ... Read more

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  • Stories of Indigenous Success in Australian Sport

    Journeys to the AFL and NRL

    by Richard Light, John Robert Evans ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book presents journeys of sixteen Indigenous Australian athletes from their first touch of a‘footy’ to the highest levels of Australian football and rugby league, conceptualized as a processof learning. The authors challenge simplistic explanations of Indigenous success in Australianfootball and rugby league, centered on the notion of the ‘natural athlete’. The book tracesthe development of ... Read more

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  • How Postmodernism Explains Football and Football Explains Postmodernism: The Billy Clyde Conundrum

    by Robert Kerr ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    American football and postmodernist theory are both objects of popular and scholarly interest that reveal remarkable sociological insights. Analysis of media-driven commercial football documents how narratives of sportsmanship/brutality, heroism/antiheroism, athleticism/self-indulgence, honor/chicanery, and chivalry/sexism compete and thrive. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The European Football Championship

    Mega-Event and Vanity Fair

    Edited by Albrecht Sonntag, Alexandra Schwell, Basak Alpan ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The UEFA European football championship was the first European mega-event to take place in post-socialist Europe. Taking this as a departure point, this volume focuses on football as a realm of constructing and negotiating identities using rich ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth media analysis. ... Read more

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  • Football and the Women's World Cup

    Organisation, Media and Fandom

    by Carrie Dunn ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Women's football is the fastest growing participation sport in both the UK and across the world, and the 2015 Women's World Cup was the biggest tournament the sport had ever seen. This book explores the experience of fans of women's football who followed their teams in Canada, examining their practices and fan behaviour. How did host cities manage the influx of visitors? And how did fans manage to ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Locating Cultural Work

    The Politics and Poetics of Rural, Regional and Remote Creativity

    by S. Luckman ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Drawing upon field work and interviews with cultural workers in the UK and Australia, this book examines the cultural work experiences of rural, regional and remotely located creative practitioners, and how this sits within local economies and communities. ... Read more

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  • Boxing, the Gym, and Men

    The Mark of the Fist

    by Jérôme Beauchez ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book explores the lived experiences of boxers in a French banlieue, largely populated by people from working-class and immigrant backgrounds. Jérôme Beauchez, who joined in the men’s daily workouts for many years, analyzes the act of boxing as a high-stakes confrontation that extends well beyond the walls of the gym. Exploring the physical and existential realities of combat, the author ... Read more

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