Athletes across the globe have engaged in high profile protests against state violence since NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick's refusal to stand during the US national anthem in protest of state violence against Black communities.
Athletes across the globe have engaged in high profile protests against state violence since NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick's refusal to stand during the US national anthem in protest of state violence against Black communities.
A provocative look at how grassroots GAA interacts with life in Ireland, from the wittiest Gaelic games pundit at work today The GAA is Ireland's largest civil society organisation, woven into the fabric of families and communities - and yet most books about Gaelic games focus on the greatest players and inter-county teams.
This provocative critique of the youth sports movement examines the various issues surrounding children in sports and provides a plan for reform based on a change in philosophy and practice.
In these days of oligarch owners, superstar managers and players on sky-high wages, the tide is turning towards the lower reaches of the pyramid as fans search for football with a soul.
An essential story of understated courage, the lasting power of a name, and the battle to honor a pioneering legacy On the eve of his second varsity football game for the Iowa State Cyclones, Jack Trice wrote in a letter, "e;The honor of my race, family and self are at stake.
Tim ist mit seinem Job als Trainer der A-Jugend des SC Hegenwald ganz zufrieden, als plötzlich der Wunderstürmer auftaucht und ihn für die Bundesliga haben will.
This book is the first comprehensive collection focusing on the hosting of sports mega-events within Asia and their impact on the politics, economics, and culture that shape, and are shaped by, the local idiosyncrasies of host cities and countries across this most culturally diverse continent.
En este libro el autor articula, en primer término, el relevamiento de datos históricos de la constitución y sostén del club a lo largo de su existencia; en segundo lugar, los gobiernos que le corresponden a cada época y vínculos e influencias con personajes importantes del pasado político de la Argentina, y tercero, una lectura psicoanalítica, perspectiva singular que hace foco sobre la relación entre el deseo y su objeto.
"El counseling, como profesión de ayuda, viene a dar luz y acompañar desde el vínculo de persona a persona sobre estas cuestiones que se le presentan no solo a un jugador, sino a un equipo deportivo, a un entrenador o una institución deportiva.
Stadionverbote werden von Fußballvereinen, dem DFB oder dem Ligaverband ausgesprochen, um sicherheitsbeeinträchtigendes Verhalten in Fußballstadien und ihrem Umfeld zu sanktionieren.
The sensory revolution in the social sciences is transforming the ways in which the senses and the sensorium are studied and understood in relation to bodies in action.
This book explores leisure-related voluntary associations in France during the nineteenth century as practical expressions of the Revolutionary concept of fraternite.
A Social History of Sheffield Boxing combines urban ethnography and anthropology, sociological theory and place and life histories to explore the global phenomenon of boxing.
Este libro cuenta la historia de "El Martillo", una de las organizaciones deportivas y culturales más tradicionales e insignes del norte del Ecuador, en la frontera con Colombia.
This book examines the experiences of those dedicated drinkers at the forefront of the new night-time leisure industries that revolutionized the way we think about our city centres.
This book will compare the approach and works of Norbert Elias, well known for his analysis of the civilizing process, his work on sport and violence and, more largely, his figurational approach, with other important social theories both classical and contemporary.
Men, Masculinities, Travel and Tourism draws together established and emerging academics that have a key interest in men, masculinity, travel and tourism.
This book investigates the use of football to create, shape and promote Spanish, Catalan and Basque national identities and explores the utilization of soccer to foster patriotic feelings, exposing the often dark vested interests behind the propagation of national narratives through soccer.
