This investigation into the experience of aging in a retirement metropolis translates research into useful information for people living and working within retirement communities, those looking to move in, and scholars of gerontology, aging studies,...Loe edasi...
This book takes a critical look at how leisure and sport intersect with crime and harm. Bringing together leading scholars in criminology, sociology, sport science, social work and psychology, it shows how recreational and elite sporting spaces ca...Loe edasi...
This thought-provoking and innovative book argues for the importance of leisure studies as a lens through which to understand and interrogate our hypermodern society....Loe edasi...
This thought-provoking book takes a critical look at the relationship between biological sex and gender identity in the context of sport, and considers the consequent implications for sport policy. This thought-provoking book takes...Loe edasi...
This thought-provoking book takes a critical look at the relationship between biological sex and gender identity in the context of sport, and considers the consequent implications for sport policy. This thought-provoking book takes...Loe edasi...
With a focus on practices of style that reflect both aesthetic as well as ethical qualities, this book examines the emergent forms of contemporary self-making and identity-formation as a turn inwards, towards certainty, in an era characterised by wi...Loe edasi...
With a focus on ‘practices of style’ that reflect both aesthetic as well as ethical qualities, this book examines the emergent forms of contemporary self-making and identity-formation as a turn inwards, towards certainty, in an era characterised b...Loe edasi...
Elsewhere is the definitive oral history of British skateboarding. Toldchronologically from the beginning of its identity shift to the start of the newmillennium, the book explores the lasting influence British skateboardingcontinues to hav...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: The Bodley Head Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781847929327)
Meticulous and devastating... Read this book to learn the truth about the game you love Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland A cheeky flutter. All part of the game. Get closer to the action. A friendly, familiar voice, inviting you to j...Loe edasi...
A crucial subversion of the misconceptions around the participation of genderdiverse athletes_x2014_advocating for the inclusion of trans and nonbinary athletes across all levels of sportThe debate over theinclusion of gender diverse p...Loe edasi...
This book explores the use of critical pedagogies for teaching and learning in sport-related degree courses. Bringing together new research, it provides lecturers and instructors with practical guidance and case studies on planning and managing te...Loe edasi...
This book critically evaluates the historical accomplishments, current challenges, and future opportunities of the sociology of sport, offering a bold new vision for the fields development in the 21st century. This book crit...Loe edasi...
This book analyses how sport influences the culture, history, and education of modern European societies. It examines the role of gymnastics and sport in the process of nationbuilding, the emergence of internationalism and universalism as manifested...Loe edasi...
This provocative book makes the case for the complete removal of national symbolism in the Olympic Games. Focusing on the case of national flags at the Olympic Games, it explores the history of national symbols at the Olympics and asks what this iss...Loe edasi...
This book takes a critical look at the role that sport can play in fostering social cohesion. It presents important conceptual and empirical material that sheds new light on what works, and what doesnt, in terms of the use of sport as a tool of soci...Loe edasi...
This book examines the ways that nationalist leaders and extremist groups have used football to advance their often violent ideological narratives and to recruit and radicalise young people....Loe edasi...
Focused on the Australian punk and hardcore music scene, this book provides an innovative balance between the acknowledgment of harm, and the celebration of pleasure in live music spaces....Loe edasi...
What are sports, really? What do we love about them? And what, in our digital age, have they become?As a child, David Macfarlane was an avid sports fan—and yet he almost never saw an athletic competition live. Despite the dusty colle...Loe edasi...
What can sport do to produce positive social change in our world today? Now in a fully revised, updated and expanded fourth edition, this critical, challenging and comprehensive textbook introduces the study of sport, culture and society....Loe edasi...
