Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
Designing the Olympics: Representation, Participation, Contestation
1st Edition
By Jilly Traganou
November 22, 2017
Designing the Olympics claims that the Olympic Games provide opportunities to reflect on the relationship between design, national identity, and citizenship. The "Olympic design milieu" fans out from the construction of the Olympic city and the creation of emblems, mascots, and ceremonies, to the ...
Women and Sport in Latin America
1st Edition
Edited
By Rosa Lopez de D'Amico, Tansin Benn, Gertrud Pfister
November 20, 2017
This multidisciplinary book draws on sociology, cultural studies, anthropology and history, to explore the diversity, challenges and achievements of Latin American women in sport. It offers an in-depth analysis of women’s sport in ten countries across Latin America, insights into the sport ...
Families, Young People, Physical Activity and Health: Critical Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Symeon Dagkas, Lisette Burrows
November 15, 2017
The family is an important site for the transmission of knowledge and cultural values. Amidst claims that young people are failing to follow health advice, dropping out of sport and at risk of an ever-expanding list of lifestyle diseases, families have become the target of government interventions....
Sport and Alcohol: An ethical perspective
1st Edition
By Carwyn Rh. Jones
October 12, 2017
Sport and alcohol have become inextricably linked. Alcohol companies provide funding, fans consume alcohol when watching, and players celebrate, bond and relax with alcohol. This critical analysis of the relationship between consumption of alcohol and participation in sport argues that sport has ...
Sport and the Social Significance of Pleasure
1st Edition
By Richard Pringle, Robert E. Rinehart, Jayne Caudwell
October 12, 2017
This innovative text's critical examination foregrounds the prime reason why so many people participate in or watch sport – pleasure. Although there has been a "turn" to emotions and affect within academia over the last two decades, it has been somewhat remiss that pleasure, as an integral aspect ...
British Asians, Exclusion and the Football Industry
1st Edition
By Daniel Kilvington
July 26, 2017
This book examines the exclusion of British Asians from the football industry, drawing on a wealth of empirical work with players, coaches, scouts, managers, fans, anti-racist organisations, community officers, and key stakeholders. It adopts a critical race theory (CRT) perspective to offer a ...
Football in Neo-Liberal Times: A Marxist Perspective on the European Football Industry
1st Edition
By Peter Kennedy, David Kennedy
June 16, 2017
This book offers an original Marxist critique of the European football business. It argues that the Marxist account of the difference between profits and surplus value is crucial to an understanding of the fluid and contradictory nature of the commodification of football. Section one analyses the ...
Ethics and Governance in Sport: The future of sport imagined
1st Edition
Edited
By Yves Vanden Auweele, Elaine Cook, Jim Parry
May 18, 2017
What is, or what should be, the function of sport in a globalized, commercialized world? Why does sport matter in the 21st century? In Ethics and Governance in Sport: the future of sport imagined, an ensemble of leading international experts from across the fields of sport management and ethics ...
Femininity, Feminism and Recreational Pole Dancing
1st Edition
By Kerry Griffiths
May 18, 2017
This book explores the phenomenon of pole dancing as an increasingly popular fitness and leisure activity for women. It moves beyond previous debates surrounding the empowering or degrading nature of pole dancing classes, and instead explores the complexities of these concepts and highlights that ...
Beyond Sport for Development and Peace: Transnational Perspectives on Theory, Policy and Practice
1st Edition
Edited
By Lyndsay M. C. Hayhurst, Tess Kay, Megan Chawansky
April 28, 2017
Debates around the ‘sport for development and peace’ (SDP) movement have entered a new phase, moving on from simple questions surrounding the utility of sport as a tool of international development. Beyond Sport for Development and Peace argues that critical research and new perspectives and ...
Endurance Running: A Socio-Cultural Examination
1st Edition
Edited
By William Bridel, Pirkko Markula, Jim Denison
April 28, 2017
Running is a fundamental human activity and holds an important place in popular culture. In recent decades it has exploded in popularity as a leisure pursuit, with marathons and endurance challenges exerting a strong fascination. Endurance Running is the first collection of original qualitative ...
Female Fans of the NFL: Taking Their Place in the Stands
1st Edition
By Anne Cunningham Osborne, Danielle Sarver Coombs
April 28, 2017
In the past, sport, particularly football, has been defined as a male domain. Women’s interest stereotypically ranges from gentle tolerance to active resistance. But increasingly, women are proudly identifying themselves as supporters of their teams, and have become highly desirable audiences for ...