Sociology: sport and leisure

What is sport?

What can sport do to produce social change in our world today?

What can sport do to produce social change in our world today?

In recent years, animals have entered the focus of the social and cultural sciences, resulting in the emergence of the new field of human-animal studies.

In recent years, animals have entered the focus of the social and cultural sciences, resulting in the emergence of the new field of human-animal studies.

This is the first edited collection of its kind to analyse the distinct but overlapping topics of dress, costume, sport and leisure history.

This is the first edited collection of its kind to analyse the distinct but overlapping topics of dress, costume, sport and leisure history.

In Football and Accelerated Culture, Steve Redhead offers a new and challenging theorisation of global football culture, exploring the relationship between sport and culture in a rapidly shifting world.

In Football and Accelerated Culture, Steve Redhead offers a new and challenging theorisation of global football culture, exploring the relationship between sport and culture in a rapidly shifting world.

What does it mean when a hit that knocks an American football player unconscious is cheered by spectators?

What does it mean when a hit that knocks an American football player unconscious is cheered by spectators?

Sport is a geographic phenomenon.

Boredom Studies is an increasingly rich and vital area of contemporary research that examines the experience of boredom as an importan - even quintessential - condition of modern life.

Second homes (variously summer houses, shacks, baches, cottages, dacha) are a popular cultural phenomenon in many countries and an emerging trend in others.

Second homes (variously summer houses, shacks, baches, cottages, dacha) are a popular cultural phenomenon in many countries and an emerging trend in others.

Erotic dance is one of the most contentious issues in feminist debates today and a source of fascination in media and popular cultural representations.

Whilst being an ambiguous and contested concept, sustainability has become one of the twenty-first century's most pervasive ideas, as humanity's increasing impact on the environment, as well as increasing social and economic inequalities, have local and global consequences.

Whilst being an ambiguous and contested concept, sustainability has become one of the twenty-first century's most pervasive ideas, as humanity's increasing impact on the environment, as well as increasing social and economic inequalities, have local and global consequences.

Bringing together many of the most influential scholars in sport and media studies, this book examines the diverse ways that media influences our understanding of the world's most important sport events, dubbed sports mega-events.

Bringing together many of the most influential scholars in sport and media studies, this book examines the diverse ways that media influences our understanding of the world's most important sport events, dubbed sports mega-events.

As the Olympic spectacle grows, broadcast coverage becomes bigger, more complex, and more sophisticated.

Riding, training and caring for horses are visceral experiences that require the immersion of both body and mind.

This book shows how the dynamic interplay of a powerful "e;golden triangle"e; of sports, media, and business interests with social, cultural, economic, and political forces shapes sport in a changing world.

This book shows how the dynamic interplay of a powerful "e;golden triangle"e; of sports, media, and business interests with social, cultural, economic, and political forces shapes sport in a changing world.

Corruption in the sport industry is a pervasive issue that threatens the integrity of sport as an institution.

Corruption in the sport industry is a pervasive issue that threatens the integrity of sport as an institution.

This comprehensive collection provides an overview of social scientific perspectives on Olympic legacy, using specialist analyses and selected cases to illuminate the recurring anthropological, political, and sociological dimensions of the legacy debate.

This comprehensive collection provides an overview of social scientific perspectives on Olympic legacy, using specialist analyses and selected cases to illuminate the recurring anthropological, political, and sociological dimensions of the legacy debate.

That children need nature for health and well-being is widely accepted, but what type of nature?

That children need nature for health and well-being is widely accepted, but what type of nature?

The fitness industry is experiencing a new boom characterized by the proliferation of interactive and customizable technology, from exercise-themed video games to smartphone apps to wearable fitness trackers.

The lives and futures of children and animals are linked to environmental challenges associated with the Anthropocene and the acceleration of human-caused extinctions.

The lives and futures of children and animals are linked to environmental challenges associated with the Anthropocene and the acceleration of human-caused extinctions.

Ladybird Do You Know?

There is a widespread interest in wellbeing, the healthy body and public health.

There is a widespread interest in wellbeing, the healthy body and public health.

Olympic Games are sold to host city populations on the basis of legacy commitments that incorporate aid for the young and the poor.

Olympic Games are sold to host city populations on the basis of legacy commitments that incorporate aid for the young and the poor.

Social inequalities are often reproduced in sport and leisure contexts.

Social inequalities are often reproduced in sport and leisure contexts.

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.

Given sport's centrality in English society, what role does it play in symbolising contemporary English national identity?

Given sport's centrality in English society, what role does it play in symbolising contemporary English national identity?

The marketing landscape has changed dramatically in recent years, especially for tourism and hospitality practitioners.

The marketing landscape has changed dramatically in recent years, especially for tourism and hospitality practitioners.

Research has shown that since the turn of the millennia, matters have rapidly improved for gays and lesbians in sport.

Research has shown that since the turn of the millennia, matters have rapidly improved for gays and lesbians in sport.

This book investigates the declining status of cricket within contemporary British society after the high-water mark of England's Ashes victory in 2005.

This book investigates the declining status of cricket within contemporary British society after the high-water mark of England's Ashes victory in 2005.

'Being in the zone' means performing in a distinctive, unusual, pleasurable and highly competent way at something you already regularly do: dancing or playing a viola, computer programming, tennis and much more.