The Body & Identity

This book gives an introductory overview of the historical and contemporary issues as it does for the growing number of sport marketing and sports studies courses concerned with dress, costume history and branding. _x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of Sport in History...

Who am I? Or, even more curiously, who are you? These are questions about the self – that aspect of who we are that we believe defines, or at least describes, each of us. In this innovative and thought-provoking book, the various social aspects of the self and its construction are imaginatively expl..

Who am I? Or, even more curiously, who are you? These are questions about the self – that aspect of who we are that we believe defines, or at least describes, each of us. In this innovative and thought-provoking book, the various social aspects of the self and its construction are imaginatively expl..

In the last three decades, the human body has gained increasing prominence in contemporary political debates, and it has become a central topic of modern social sciences and humanities. This collection of thirty original essays by leading figures in the field explores these issues across a number of..

This book is the first wide-ranging study of the relationship between literature and sport. The wide range of national and historical contexts presented in these essays is the defining feature of the collection, since it involves a diversity of sporting practice, spanning three continents and a numb..

We all have a body, but how does it impact upon our everyday life? This new and accessible introduction to the sociology of the body explores how ordinary women, men and children talk about their bodies...

A 'state-of-the-art' review of the sociology of body which will provide both new students and established researchers with clear and accessible coverage of the major theories and debates in this growing discipline...

As the baby boom generation ages, there are few ethnographies that capture the dynamics of aging. This new book is based on years of participant observation in "the Sands," a beautiful ocean community of well-off individuals and couples seeking the easy life. Yet the community members contend with d..

As the baby boom generation ages, there are few ethnographies that capture the dynamics of aging. This new book is based on years of participant observation in "the Sands," a beautiful ocean community of well-off individuals and couples seeking the easy life. Yet the community members contend with d..

This is a controversial book about a critical theme in health and exercise studies. It provides much-needed, thorough and reflective analysis of the current state of research and is set to contribute a great deal to the debate...

This is a controversial book about a critical theme in health and exercise studies. It provides much-needed, thorough and reflective analysis of the current state of research and is set to contribute a great deal to the debate...