Doping - the use of performance-enhancing substances and methods - has long been a high-profile issue in sport but in recent years it has also become an issue in wider society.
Doping - the use of performance-enhancing substances and methods - has long been a high-profile issue in sport but in recent years it has also become an issue in wider society.
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.
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.
The Paralympic Games is the second largest multi-sport festival on earth and an event which poses profound and challenging questions about the nature of sport, disability and society.
Performance and Professional Wrestling is the first edited volume to consider professional wrestling explicitly from the vantage point of theatre and performance studies.
This is a book for aspiring event managers, providing both a theoretical and a practical guide to selecting and working with venues as part of the event planning process.
This is a book for aspiring event managers, providing both a theoretical and a practical guide to selecting and working with venues as part of the event planning process.
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.
The digital turn in leisure has opened up a vast array of new opportunities to play, learn, participate and be entertained - opportunities that have transformed what we recognise as leisure.
This ground-breaking book is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of how organizational psychology can be used to understand and improve performance in elite sport.
This ground-breaking book is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of how organizational psychology can be used to understand and improve performance in elite sport.
This volume brings together dynamic perspectives on the concept of liveness in the performing arts, engaging with the live through the particular analytical focus of audiences and experience.
Professional sports promote their green credentials and yet remain complicit in our global environmental crisisSports are responsible for significant carbon footprints through stadium construction and energy use, player and spectator travel, and media coverage.
Professional sports promote their green credentials and yet remain complicit in our global environmental crisisSports are responsible for significant carbon footprints through stadium construction and energy use, player and spectator travel, and media coverage.
