Sociology of Sport

_x005F_x000D_ The Routledge Handbook of Sport, Gender and Sexuality offers a guide of unparalleled depth and breadth to the many complex inter-relationships between sport, gender, and sexuality. Consisting entirely of new empirical and theoretical essays by leading and emerging researchers and schol..

The sociology of sport helps us to understand what sport is and why it matters. Sociological knowledge, implicit or explicit, underpins scholarly enquiry into sport in every aspect. The Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Sport is a landmark publication that brings together the most important the..

This handbook is a landmark publication that brings together the most important themes, theories and issues within the sociology of sport. Written by a team of leading international scholars, including many of the most innovative thinkers in the field, it is an essential reference for any student or..

Safeguarding, Child Protection and Abuse in Sport critically analyses current child protection and safeguarding policy and practice in sport across a range of countries. Bringing together many of the leading researchers working in child and athlete protection in sport from around the world, this boo..

This is the first book to explore a broad conception of the 'senses' and related issues on embodiment within physical cultures, providing vivid examples of sensory scholarship in action from sport, physical activity, leisure and recreation. This book brings together leading figures to explore import..

Teaching the skills necessary to play sport depends partly on transmitting knowledge verbally, yet non-verbal or tacit knowledge also has an important role. A coach may tell a young athlete to "move more dynamically", but it is undoubtedly easier to demonstrate with the body itself how this should b..

Based on unique, in-depth ethnographic research, this book investigates how a soccer club and soccer fandom affect the life of a community, interweaving empirical research material with key contemporary themes in the social sciences, and placing the study in the wider context of Spanish political an..

Based on unique, in-depth ethnographic research, this book investigates how a soccer club and soccer fandom affect the life of a community, interweaving empirical research material with key contemporary themes in the social sciences, and placing the study in the wider context of Spanish political an..

Sport and architecture are two of the social practices in contemporary life with the broadest impact on the world around us. This volume explores the history of sports architecture and examines the types of buildings and events that create sites where sport and architecture converge in particularly ..

Introducing a broad range of data, methods and theories, this book shows how the interaction of local traditions and global flows has shaped the way sport in Japan has been understood ever since the country opened for cultural exchanges with the western world. Taking into account the great variety o..

This book offers a wide-ranging exploration of the sport-identity nexus, drawing examples from a variety of sporting contexts and geographical locations, and incorporating perspectives from players, spectators, officials and policy-makers. It covers key themes in the social scientific study of sport..

Despite campaigns to educate and increase awareness, discrimination continues to be a deep-rooted problem in sport. This book provides an international, interdisciplinary and critical discussion of various forms of discrimination in sport, with contributions from leading academics and high-profile a..