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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Incisive and troubling." -- Marilyn Dahl * Shelf Awareness for Readers *"Playing While White is a critical text for anyone interested in sports and whiteness studies and definitively puts to rest the claim that race is irrelevant in the commentaries surrounding athletes and their participation in sports." * Black Perspectives (AAIHS) *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Scrappy White Leader 2. He Got Brains: Whiteness and Intelligence on and off the Court 3. Talking Trash (While White): A Betrayal of Tradition or a Sign of Competitive Leadership? 4. White Thugs?: Crime and the Culture of Innocence 5. Getting High: The New Jim Crow and White Athletes 6. Redemption and Character Building: Making Mistakes While White 133 7. (White) Women and Sports: Selling White Femininity 8. Driving While White: NASCAR and the Politics of Race 9. Playing the White Way: From the Cardinals to the Badgers 10. Sporting Cultures and White Victims

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Incisive and troubling." -- Marilyn Dahl * Shelf Awareness for Readers *"Playing While White is a critical text for anyone interested in sports and whiteness studies and definitively puts to rest the claim that race is irrelevant in the commentaries surrounding athletes and their participation in sports." * Black Perspectives (AAIHS) *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Scrappy White Leader 2. He Got Brains: Whiteness and Intelligence on and off the Court 3. Talking Trash (While White): A Betrayal of Tradition or a Sign of Competitive Leadership? 4. White Thugs?: Crime and the Culture of Innocence 5. Getting High: The New Jim Crow and White Athletes 6. Redemption and Character Building: Making Mistakes While White 133 7. (White) Women and Sports: Selling White Femininity 8. Driving While White: NASCAR and the Politics of Race 9. Playing the White Way: From the Cardinals to the Badgers 10. Sporting Cultures and White Victims

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Book SynopsisForces us to consider how profoundly tourism changed Colorado and America and to grapple with both the potential and the problems of our familiar ways of relating to environment, nature, and placeTrade Review"The author utilizes a bevy of archival and public documents. Photographs, maps, charts, and a substantial bibliography support the book. Recommended." * Choice *"William Philpott’s Vacationland: Tourism and Environment in the Colorado High Country is the best book yet published on an array of critical topics in Colorado history. . . . What’s more, Vacationland is far and away the most illuminating book yet written on postwar Colorado. Philpott’s research is exhaustive, his prose is elegant but crystal-clear, and his interpretations are almost uniformly persuasive. Vacationland seems bound to earn vociferous praise from scholars. Yet this is also a book that merits widespread attention from general readers. If I were asked to recommend just one work to citizens or visitors seeking to orient themselves to the origins of the contemporary Colorado landscape, this would be it." -- Thomas Andrews * Center for Colorado and the West *"Although a scholarly work of interest to environmental scientists and historians. . . the extraordinarily multidisciplinary nature of the content— illustrating economic, marketing, political, and sociological aspects of our American history—gives it broad appeal. The entertaining narrative style makes the content accessible to an audience beyond experts, suitable for students, and general readers." -- Kathleen Butler * Electronic Green Journal *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword: At Home and at Play in the High Country by William Cronon Introduction: Seeing Like a Tourist 1. Selling the Scene 2. The Roads Nature Made? 3. Our Big Backyard 4. Blueprints for Action 5. The John Denver Tenor Conclusion: How Tourism Took Place Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisTells the story of the region's dramatic transformation in the decades after World War II, when a loose coalition of tourist boosters fashioned alluring images of nature in the high country and a multitude of local, state, and federal actors built the infrastructure for high-volume tourism.Trade Review"The author utilizes a bevy of archival and public documents. Photographs, maps, charts, and a substantial bibliography support the book. Recommended." * Choice *"William Philpott’s Vacationland: Tourism and Environment in the Colorado High Country is the best book yet published on an array of critical topics in Colorado history. . . . What’s more, Vacationland is far and away the most illuminating book yet written on postwar Colorado. Philpott’s research is exhaustive, his prose is elegant but crystal-clear, and his interpretations are almost uniformly persuasive. Vacationland seems bound to earn vociferous praise from scholars. Yet this is also a book that merits widespread attention from general readers. If I were asked to recommend just one work to citizens or visitors seeking to orient themselves to the origins of the contemporary Colorado landscape, this would be it." -- Thomas Andrews * Center for Colorado and the West *"Although a scholarly work of interest to environmental scientists and historians. . . the extraordinarily multidisciplinary nature of the content— illustrating economic, marketing, political, and sociological aspects of our American history—gives it broad appeal. The entertaining narrative style makes the content accessible to an audience beyond experts, suitable for students, and general readers." -- Kathleen Butler * Electronic Green Journal *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword: At Home and at Play in the High Country by William Cronon Introduction: Seeing Like a Tourist 1. Selling the Scene 2. The Roads Nature Made? 3. Our Big Backyard 4. Blueprints for Action 5. The John Denver Tenor Conclusion: How Tourism Took Place Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisThe Hall of Fame story of Grant Fuhr, the first black superstar in the National Hockey League and the last line of defense for the Edmonton Oilers dynasty, told through Fuhr's 10 most important games.     Grant Fuhr was the best goalie in the league at a time when hockey was at its most exciting. Wayne Gretzky's Edmonton Oilers were arguably the greatest team in league history, and during the 1980s arguably the most popular team across the United States, even if many had little idea where Edmonton was. They were that good. And so was Fuhr: Gretzky called him the best goaltender in the world.     Fuhr broke the colour barrier for NHL goaltenders when he played his first game for the Oilers in 1981, and was an inspiration for later players including future Hall of Famer Jarome Iginla. But in addition to their dynastic run of Stanley Cup championships, the Oilers were also synonymous with the excesses of the decade: Fuhr hims

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Book SynopsisIn a town deep in the Florida Everglades, where high school football is the only escape, a haunted quarterback, a returning hero, and a scholar struggle against terrible odds.The loamy black “muck” that surrounds Belle Glade, Florida once built an empire for Big Sugar and provided much of the nation's vegetables, often on the backs of roving, destitute migrants. Many of these were children who honed their skills along the field rows and started one of the most legendary football programs in America. Belle Glade’s high school team, the Glades Central Raiders, has sent an extraordinary number of players to the National Football League – 27 since 1985, with five of those drafted in the first round. The industry that gave rise to the town and its team also spawned the chronic poverty, teeming migrant ghettos, and violence that cripples futures before they can ever begin. Muck City tells the story of quarterback Mario Rowley, whose dream

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Book SynopsisThe thrilling behind-the-scenes account of how the NFL''s most sensational scandal culminated in sports history''s greatest comeback, featuring dozens of exclusive interviews with Patriots players -- including Tom Brady himself. In January 2015, rumors circulated that the New England Patriots -- a team long suspected of abiding by the if you ain''t cheating you ain''t trying philosophy -- had used under-inflated footballs in their playoff victory against the Indianapolis Colts. As evidence began to build, however, a full on NFL investigation was launched, exploding an unsubstantiated rumor into an intense scandal that would lead news coverage for weeks. As shockwaves rippled throughout the NFL system, the very legitimacy of one of the league''s most popular teams and their star quarterback began to erode, even as the Patriots and Brady went on to win that year''s Super Bowl. But as the celebrations gave way to the offseason, the investigation only inte

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Book SynopsisBased on dozens of shocking interviews with some of the most influential names in sports, this is the urgent and revelatory examination of racial inequality in professional athletics America has been waiting for.Commentators, coaches, and fans alike have long touted the diverse rosters of leagues like the NFL and MLB as sterling examples of a post-racial America. Yet decades after Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in a display of Black power and pride, and years after Colin Kaepernick shocked the world by kneeling for the national anthem, the role Black athletes and coaches are expected to perform—both on and off the field—still can be determined as much by stereotype and old-fashion ideology as ability and performance.Whether it’s the pre-game moments of resistance, the lack of diversity among coaching and managerial staff, or the consistent undervaluation of Black quarterbacks, racial politics impact every aspect of every

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Book SynopsisJOHN HORNE teaches in the Scottish Centre for P.E., Sport and Leisure Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK. Previous books include Sport, Leisure and Social Relations (co-edited, Routledge, 1987), Work and Unemployment (Longman, 1988) and Understanding Sport (co-authored, Spon, 1999).

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Book SynopsisAn inspiring anthology of sports short stories for any father, daughter or parentThank heavens for Title IX. That dusty piece of 1970s legislation not only made an entire generation of American women fitter and stronger and more self-confident, but it also gave fathers throughout the country a greater opportunity to bond with their daughters. The evidence fills the covers of this collection of essays by a stellar roster of sports journalists, champion athletes, and celebrated writers. In the Introduction, basketball star Rebecca Lobo recalls how her dad’s advice continued to ring in her ears long after she last played hoops with him on the gravel driveway of their Massachusetts home. Sportswriting legend Dan Shaughnessy celebrates his daughters’ eye-opening softball exploits. Chris Evert recounts how her tennis coach father, Jimmy, taught her coolness under fire. Bill Simmons proudly bequeaths his love of the NBA to his preschool-aged daughter. Doris

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Book SynopsisWhile efforts to include gay and lesbian athletes in competitive sport have received significant attention, it is only recently that we have begun examining the experiences of transgender athletes in competitive sport. This book represents the first comprehensive study of the challenges that transgender athletes face in competitive sport; and the challenges they pose for this sex-segregated institution. Beginning with a discussion of the historical role that sport has played in preserving sex as a binary, the book examines how gender has been policed by policymakers within competitive athletics. It also considers how transgender athletes are treated by a system predicated on separating males from females, consequently forcing transgender athletes to negotiate the system in coercive ways. The book not only exposes our cultureâs binary thinking in terms of both sex and gender, but also offers a series of thought-provoking and sometimes contradictory recommendations for how to make sport more hospitable, inclusive and equitable.Transgender Athletes in Competitive Sport is important reading for all students and scholars of the sociology of sport with an interest in the relationship between sport and gender, politics, identity and ethics. Table of ContentsIntroduction[Eric Anderson and Ann Travers]Section I: Individual Stories of Transgender Sporting Experiences1. Advantage Renée?: Renée Richards and Women’s Tennis[Lindsay Parks Pieper] 2. My name is Jay, I Transitioned and I’m a Disabled Young Athlete[Jay Anonymous]3. Becoming Me: Transitioning, Training and Surgery[Riley McCormack and Maylon Hanold]Section II: Research into Transgender Sporting Experiences4. An Introduction to Five Exceptional Trans Athletes from Around the World[Kinnon MacKinnon]5. Between Stigmatization and Empowerment: Meanings of Physical Activity and Sport in the Lives of Transgender People[Agnes Elling and Kiki Collot d’Escury]6. Athletes’ Perceptions of Transgender Eligibility Policies Applied in High-Performance Sport in Canada[Sarah Teetzel]7. Sport and Physical Exercise among Spanish Trans Persons[Victor Manuel Perez Samaniego, Sofía Pereira-García, Elena Lopez-Cañada andJosé Devís-Devís] 8. Honesty and Discipline: Identity Management of Transgender Netballers[Brendon Tagg] 9. The Experiences of Female-to-Male Transgender Athletes[Mark Ogville]10. Media Accounts of the First Transgender Person to Work in the English Premier League[Rory Magrath] Section III: When Policy and Identity Clash11. Subjective Sex: Science, Medicine and Sex Tests in Sports[Vanessa Heggie] 12. Including Transgender Students in United States School-Based Athletics[Helen Carroll] 13. Transgender Athletes in Elite Sport Competitions: Equity and Inclusivity[Eric Vilain, Jonathan Ospina Betancurt, Nereida Bueno-Guerra and Maria Jose Martinez-Patiño] Section IV: Challenging the System 14. From Transsexuals to Transhumans in Elite Athletics: The Implications of Osteology (and Other Issues) in Levelling the Playing Field[Michelle Sutherland, Richard Wassersug and Karen Rosenberg]15. The Tenuous Inclusion of Transgender Athletes in Sport[Adam Love] 16. Queer Genes? The Bio-Amazons Project: A Response to Critics[Claudio Tamburrini]

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Book SynopsisResearching Live Music offers an important contribution to the emergent field of live music studies.Featuring paradigmatic case studies, this book is split into four parts, first addressing perspectives associated with production, then promotion and consumption, and finally policy. The contributors to the book draw on a range of methodological and theoretical positions to provide a critical resource that casts new light on live music processes and shows how live music events have become central to raising and discussing broader social and cultural issues. Their case studies expand our knowledge of how live music events work and extend beyond the familiar contexts of the United States and United Kingdom to include examples drawn from Argentina, Australia, France, Jamaica, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Poland.Researching Live Music is the first comprehensive review of the different ways in which live music can be studied as an interdiTable of ContentsList of illustrationsList of contributorsAcknowledgments Live Music Studies in PerspectiveChris Anderton and Sergio Pisfil PART I: Promotion Festivals, Free and Unfree: Alex Cooley and the American Rock Festival Steve Waksman As Long As They Go Home Safe: The Voice of the Independent Music Festival Promoter Danny Hagan Under the Cover of Darkness: Situating "Covers Gigs" within Live Music Ecologies Pat O’Grady Showcase Festivals as a Gateway to Foreign Markets Patryk Galuszka Disruption and Continuity: Covid-19, Live Music, and Cyclic Sociality Chris Anderton PART II: Production Live Sound Matters Christopher James Dahlie, Jos Mulder, Sergio Pisfil, and Nick Reeder Mobile Spectacle: Es Devlin’s Pandemonium Tour Design Glyn Davis Fulfilling the Hospitality Rider: Working Practices and Issues in a Tour’s Supply Chain Gabrielle Kielich Vocaloid Liveness? Hatsune Miku and the Live Production of the Japanese Virtual Idol Concerts Kimi Kärki Part III: Consumption Making Music Public: What Would a Sociology of Live Music Promotion Look Like? Loïc Riom Dead Stars Live: Exploring Holograms, Liveness, and Authenticity Kenny Forbes Live … as You’ve Always Heard It Before: Classic Rock, Technology, and the Re-positioning of Authenticity in Live Music Performance Andy Bennett Approaching the Live from a Distance: The Unofficial Led Zeppelin Archive Stephen Loy Part IV: Policy Music Cities, or Cities of Music? Christina Ballico and Dave Carter State of Play: Tensions and Interventions in Live Music Policy Adam Behr "Por Más Músicas Mujeres en Vivo!": The Live Music Female Quota Law and Its Implications for Argentine Music Festivals Sarah Lahasky Beyond Live Shows: Regulation and Innovation in the French Live Music Video Economy Gérôme Guibert, Michaël Spanu, and Catherine RudentIndex

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Book SynopsisThe idea of a âleisure societyâ was in its heyday in the 1960s and 1970s, when it was predicted that the pattern of falling working hours which had been experienced in Western societies in the first half of the twentieth century would continue indefinitely. The leisure society has clearly not been realised. On the contrary: contemporary industrial societies seem to be characterised by a shortage of time, experienced as âtime squeezeâ and stress. The leisure society idea can be seen as the modern version of the age-old dream of a âlife of ease and plentyâ. This analytically and empirically rich book traces the idea in history, through biblical, classical Greek, medieval and nineteenth century utopian writings and into twentieth century concerns with dystopia and the impact of rapid technological change. The âleisure societyâ concept turns out to have been an elusive and short-lived phenomenon. For a variety of reasons, the trend towards shorter working hours ran out of steam in the last quarter of the twentieth century. However, while leisure scholars have deserted the topic, a diverse range of activists, including environmentalists, economists and feminists, continue to make the case for reducing working hours. Whatever Happened to the Leisure Society? concludes that the on-going âstruggle for timeâ should be supported, for the sake of human health and well-being and for the sake of the planet. This is a valuable resource for students and academics in the fields of leisure studies, cultural studies, history, economics, sociology and political science. Trade Review"[Tony Veal] does a great job of offering a detailed overview of the leisure society debate and in setting the record straight by correcting some of the prevailing misconceptions about it. If anybody working within or outside leisure studies ever wanted to know what the predictions and ideas of leisure society were all about, they do not need to go any farther than this book." - Utsa Mukherjee Birkbeck, University of London, Annals of Leisure Research"[Tony Veal] does a great job of offering a detailed overview of the leisure society debate and in setting the record straight by correcting some of the prevailing misconceptions about it. If anybody working within or outside leisure studies ever wanted to know what the predictions and ideas of leisure society were all about, they do not need to go any farther than this book." - Utsa Mukherjee, Birkbeck, University of London, Annals of Leisure Research"If somebody wants to learn more about the history and the validity of the notion of the leisure society, Veal’s publication is a must. This publication provides a remarkably detailed and accurate account of positions taken with regard to the leisure society by different authors, beginning from the 1930s until today … to those who will try, in the future, to say something new about the concept of the leisure society. Please first read Tony Veal’s book. He may have said it already. This is truly an encyclopedia of the leisure society." – Jiri Zuzanek, University of Waterloo, Loisir et Société / Society and Leisure"Whatever Happened to the Leisure Society? authored by A. J. Veal invites the reader to explore the diverse range of scholarship around leisure, work and time. The discussions around leisure and labour remain essential for contemporary human societies due to its effect on human health and wellbeing." – Ashwin Tripathi, Indian Institute of Technology, Leisure StudiesTable of ContentsPart I: Introduction, 1. Introduction: the elusive leisure society, 2. About work, leisure, non-work time and the leisure society, Part II: Pre-history and History, 3. The leisure society: pre-history, history, utopia, 4. Industrialisation, automation and the problem of work, rest and leisure: 1918-1939, 5. Work-leisure relationships and mass leisure: 1945-1959, 6. Futurism, post-industrialism and the leisure society, 7. The leisure society idea: 1960-1979, 8. Unemployment, the leisure ethic and the end of work: 1980-1999, Part III: Analysis, 9. Economics, work and leisure and the leisure society, 10. The leisure society’s critics, Part IV: The 21st Century, 11. Work-reduced futures for the 21st century, 12. The struggle for time. What next?

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Book SynopsisThe first full-length study of cycling activism through the lens of social movement theory, this book demonstrates that, despite tremendous differences, bike activism can be understood as a continuous and connected activity spanning a century and a half and across continents. With examples from street protest to institutional lobbying, it emphasises cycling's current central importance to zero carbon transport futures, while showing that cycling activism is also not always about the bike or the cyclist, as successive generations of activists have used cycling to articulate different visions of freedom and autonomy. Moving from a consideration of social movement theory as a means to understand cycling activism, the author presents a series of case studies of collective action, organisations, networks and campaigns in order to illustrate and elaborate a theoretical model through which diverse campaigns and approaches to change can be understood. As such, Cycling Activism will aTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction A GenealogyAimsCycling as PoliticsA note on languageSection One: Theorising movement activism1) Cycling activism and social movements Introduction: Why Cycling activism?Cycling practicesUnderstanding collective actionDefining social movementsContext of analysisCycling studiesSocial movement studies and the politics of knowledgeConfiguring a research questionConclusions2) Movements, Mobilities and Messy Methods IntroductionDefining the field of study: cycling is not a "social movement"Framing activismWhy take action? Achieving goals or simply "being"?Mobilities and Movement(s)Social change and agencyEffective action or efficacious activity?Campaigns and organisations versus lived experienceWhat is research into social movements for?Locating the research and outlining methodEthical reflexivity in cycling studiesConclusions3) Models of social change Introduction: Finding an appropriate interpretative lensThe political subject and practical difficulties of definition Contentious politics and machismoBeyond a focus on the stateOutlining an analytical framework The way of reason and the way of subjectivityWhat is the purpose of change?Change theories in cycling activismRadar plotting as a tool for analysis and actionChange theories exploredContagionEducation Innovation Institutional changeDisruptionPrefigurationApplication Separating change theories from tactical repertoires Further thoughts on prefigurationConclusions4) Ethics, embodiment and experience in social movement research IntroductionReflexive research ethicsActivists, academics and knowledgeDecolonising social movements researchRearguard intellectuals Practical applicationsCo-productionThe corpus and the body as epistemological locationsThe body and marginality Emotions and actionsThe limits of political analysisExperiential knowledgesConclusion: towards an ecology of knowledges5) Post-hegemonic pluralism, everyday resistance and telling storiesIntroductionPost-hegemonic pluralism in cycling activismConnecting the elementsMetaphors matter: seeds and bubblesBubbles and political alternativesInfrapolitics and hidden transcriptsLifestyle movementsLifestyle activism and bourgeois individualismQuiet activismEveryday (quotidian) resistanceCollective action without intentionalityRhetorical agencyMaking StoriesThinking about the past and using historyStories and biography in movementsConclusionsSection Two: Stories of cycle activismIntroducing the case studiesAdvocacy is politicsExplaining the case studiesA note on referencing6) The historic politics of UK cycle activismCycles, technology and politics in the latter years of the long nineteenth centuryContext: cycling and political activismThe formation of the CTC and its first advocacyThe Road Improvement Association and the Road BoardIndustry activism and conservatismEnclosing the commons of the roadRoad deaths in the 1930sCycle path controversiesChanging tactics: making protest publicAnalysing interwar campaigning by the CTCPost war campaigns: boom, bust and an uncertain voiceConclusions7) Transport Politics, Urbanism, Technology and Counterculture Changing landscapes of transport policyThe New Left, 1968 and the Right to the CityThe emergence of political environmentalism UK transport politicsAnti-roads campaigningBicycle Activism Before the Energy CrisisThe dilemmaParis 1972 and Richard’s Bicycle BookCycling and appropriate technologyAfter the energy crisis8) Environmentalism, innovation and entrepreneurshipIntroductionEnvironmentalism and ecopoliticsExceptionalism?Meanwhile, back in the real world…CTC: constructing environments of cyclingLeisure, pleasure and politicsBuilding a DIY cycling countercultureIndustry, innovation, designSpreading the word, shaping the imageCycle festivalsWider significance: innovation and changeConclusions9) Cycle activism and public spaceCritical MassCiclovíaInterpreting mass actions: carnival and heterotopiaThe right to the city: rethinking rights-based campaigningInsurgent public spaces and tactical urbanismCycling through the Covid-19 pandemicConclusions10) Activism in political space: institutions and internationalism IntroductionECF and international cycle advocacyAntecedents – International organisation for cycle tourism (and sport)Formation of the ECFChanging governance: changing advocacyFrom national cycling organisations representation to BrusselsECF ProjectsCyclelogisticsCycling and the SDGsEU cycling economyThe Pan-European MasterplanAcademia and activism in Brazil Feminist cycling research and activismBackground to Brazil’s upsurge in cycle activismChallenging problem frameworksConclusions11) Supporting everyday resistance, diversity and inclusionIntroductionEveryday cycling: just ridingAction on diversityConnecting varieties of activismCycling and autonomyBike kitchens and velonomyWomen’s voices in cycle activismGhost bikes and emotionsPlacing everyday resistance in a larger frameworkConclusions

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Book SynopsisThe Power of New Urban Tourism explores new forms of tourism in urban areas with their social, political, cultural, architectural and economic implications. By investigating various showcases of New Urban Tourism within its social and spatial frames, the book offers insights into power relations and connections between tourism and cityscapes in various socio-spatial settings around the world.Contributors to the volume show how urban space has become a battleground between local residents and visitors, with changing perceptions of tourists as co-users of public and private urban spaces and as influencers of the local economies. This includes different roles of digital platforms as resources for access to the city and touristic opportunities as well as ways to organise and express protest or shifting representations of urban space. With contemporary cases from a wide disciplinary spectrum, the contributors investigate the power of New Urban Tourism in Africa, Asia, theTable of Contents1. The Power of New Urban Tourism: An Introduction. Part I: Consuming the City: New Urban Tourism in Urban Centres and Metropolitan Peripheries. 2. Bohemia and the New Urban Tourism. 3. "Tourist Platformisation": New Urban Tourism in Milan. 4. Peer-to-Peer Tourist Accommodation and its Impact on the Local Housing Market in Berlin Neighbourhoods. 5. Redefining a Mature Destination as a Low-Cost Neighbourhood: Relations Between Socio-Spatial Segregation in Torremolinos and Urban Tourism in Malaga, Spain. 6. Tourism in a Peripheral Territory in the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon: The Case of Almada. Part II: Protest and Frictions: Contesting New Urban Tourism. 7. Sustaining a Political System: New Urban Tourism in Cuba and Related Conflicts. 8. Embattled Consumptionscape of Tourism: Networked Urban Contention Against Inbound Tourist Shoppers in Hong Kong. 9. Between Political Protest and Tourism Gentrification: Impacts of New Urban Tourism in Hamburg’s Schanzenviertel. 10. The Empty Boxes of Venice: Overtourism—Conflicts, Politicisation and Activism. 11. Powerful Ways of (not) Knowing New Urban Tourism Conflicts: Thin Problematisation as Limitation for Tourism Governance in Berlin. Part III: Representations and Identities: Hopes and Challenges for New Urban Tourism. 12. Shock of the New: The Rhetoric of Global Urban Tourism in the Rebuild of Christchurch, New Zealand. 13. New Urban Tourism in the Post-Conflict City: Sharing Experiences of Violence and Peace in West Belfast. 14. The Race, Class and Gender of Websites: Marketing and Mythologising Urban Africa Online. 15. New Urban Tourism and the Right to Complain: Tourism as a Catchall for Urban Problems. 16. Science Driven Mobility as a Form of New Urban Tourism: Insights from Student and Research Internationalisation in Lund, Sweden. Part IV: Concluding Remarks. 17. So, what is new about New Urban Tourism?

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Book SynopsisSexual Misconduct in any environment is a gross abuse of trust and this is no different within the sport world. Examining and Mitigating Sexual Misconduct in Sport outlines systemic and sociological explanations for why sport is a site of sexual misconduct. The authors in the text describe cultural realities and considerations sport stakeholders must acknowledge and be informed of to make sport a more equitable and safe space. Personal narratives from a variety of sport stakeholders, which unveil their lived experiences of sexual misconduct and humanize survivor stories in ways often ignored in sport and society, are shared. Authors offer recommendations to all sport stakeholders to mitigate incidents of and harm done by sexual misconduct. Guidelines and suggestions for sport stakeholder practices that better protect individuals in sport, address sexual misconduct when it occurs, and mitigate the harm and trauma experienced because of incidents of sexual misconduct areTrade Review"Tanya Prewitt-White and Leslee A. Fisher have taken on the ambitious task of illuminating the systemic problem of sexual misconduct in sport contexts, with critical examination of the behaviors of coaches, administrators, athletes, and community members which perpetuate the problem, deter justice for the perpetrators, and hinder healing for survivors. Importantly, the personal accounts of survivors inform and remind readers of the suffering endured and strength realized, evoking both compassion and a call to action to change the problem of sexual misconduct in sports."Dr. Kendahl M. Shortway, Assistant Professor, Kean University, USATable of ContentsSection 11. Calling All Sport Constituents: Exploring Power and Bringing Joy Back into Sport 2. Stand Up and Stand Tall: Rethinking Sexual Misconduct in Sport3. Cisheterosexism and Sexual Misconduct in Sport4. Grooming and Sport5. Sexual Misconduct and Epistemic Injustices in SportSection 26. I Was His Litmus Test: Being Groomed as a Child Athlete7. Persist: Homophobia in and Survival Through Farm Town High School Sports8. 2/7/2016: The Morning I Was Raped9. "You’re Not A Good Cultural Fit Here:" Being A Woman in Sports10. Experiencing Same-Gender and Trans Violence in Sport11. I Couldn’t Stay QuietSection 312. Experiencing Sexual Misconduct as a Student-Manager In Intercollegiate Athletics 13. Athletic Programmatic Prevention: No More, Not Here, Not Within These Walls14. Title IX and Sexual Harassment in Athletics15. Supporting Survivors of Sexual Violence16. The "Sex Talk" Is a Continual Conversation 17. Moving Forward: No More Sweeping Sexual Misconduct Under the Rug

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Book SynopsisThis book offers an overview of contemporary debates in social justice and equity within Physical Education (PE) and Youth Sport (YS). It gives the reader clear direction on how to evaluate their current PE or YS program against current research and provides ideas for content, curriculum development, implementation, and pedagogical impact.The book addresses key contemporary issues including healthism, sexism, racism, classism, heterosexism, ableism and colonialism, and it highlights the importance of positionality and critical awareness on the part of the teacher, coach, or researcher. Presenting an array of case studies, practical examples, and thought-provoking questions, the book discusses equitable pedagogies and how they might be implemented, including in curriculum design and assessment.Concise, and avoiding academic jargon, this is an invaluable guide for pre-service and in-service teachers, teacher educators, coaches, and educators, helping them to ensure that Trade Review'An indispensable resource that will help prepare educators for a world where the promise of equitable movement is not just imagined but fulfilled. This is a powerful and necessary articulation of purpose that inspires action.'Professor Brian Culp, Physical Education and Health Promotion, Kennesaw State University, USA 'Lynch, Walton-Fisette and Luguetti have written a must-read book for anyone interested in social justice issues and critical work in physical education (PE) and youth sport. Informative, easy-to-understand, and very relevant for students, academics, and practitioners. I regard this as essential reading for those in PE and youth sport.'Dr Bonnie Pang, Lecturer, Department for Health, University of Bath, Adjunct Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University, Australia'This is a timely and much-needed resource for the physical education and coaching professions. Presenting complex intersectional concepts in accessible and context-meaningful language enables practitioners to genuinely see themselves as active enablers of social justice, rather than peripheral allies. It is Lynch, Luguetti and Walton-Fisette's gift to their profession and one that offers an enduring legacy of change.'Dr Sue Whatman, Senior Lecturer, School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia"However, all in all, this is a most informative and useful book to read and to keep in the bookshelf, or nearby in the coaching bag to grab easily. It serves as a social justice dictionary as well as an inspiration to hesitate, stop, and question the taken for granted way of teaching or coaching. The authors do not pretend that working with social justice issues are easy. They rather stress the opposite; it is HARD but also rewarding and well worth the effort. I end this review the way the book starts: “The time for critical: It’s now or never.”" - Karin Redelius, Swedish School of Sport and Health SciencesTable of ContentsPart I: Understanding the Need for Social Justice in Physical Education and Youth Sport, 1. Healthism and Fatism, 2. Ableism and Elitism, 3. Genderism and Sexism, 4. Heterosexism, 5. Racism, 6. Classism, 7. Linguicism, 8. Religionism, 9. Colonialism , Part II: Enacting Social justice in Physical Education and Youth Sport, 10. Trauma Informed Pedagogies in Physical Education and Youth Sport, 11. Democratic Pedagogies in Physical Education and Youth Sport, 12. Decolonizing Physical Education and Youth Sport, 13. Lifetime Pedagogies: Social Change Through Curriculum, 14. Activist Approaches and Youth Sport, 15. Critical Pedagogies of Affect in Physical Education and Youth Sport, 16. Pedagogies of Self-Preservation, 17. Wrap Up: Be the Change

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Book SynopsisSport is frequently considered to be an aspect of popular culture that is, or should be, untainted by the political. However, there is a broad consensus among academics that sport is often at the heart of the political and the political is often central to sport. From the 1936 Olympic Games in Nazi Germany to the civil unrest that preceded the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, sport and politics have remained symbiotic bedfellows. The Routledge Handbook of Sport and Politics goes further than any other book in surveying the complex, embedded relationships between sport and politics. With sections addressing ideologies, nation and statehood, corporate politics, political activism, social justice, and the politics of sports events, it introduces the conceptual foundations that underpin our understanding of the sport-politics nexus and examines emergent issues in this field of study. Including in-depth case studies from North America, South America, Europe, the Middle EaTable of ContentsPart 1: Sport and The Study of Politics Part 2: Sport, Politics and Ideologies Part 3: Sport, Nation and Statehood Part 4: Sport, Corporate Politics and the Global Community Part 5: Sport, Political Activism and Social Justice Part 6: Politics and Sporting Events

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Book SynopsisPhysical activity, inactivity and their relationship to health are serious concerns for governments around the world. This is the first book to critically examine the policy and practice of physical activity from a multi-disciplinary, social-scientific perspective. Moving beyond the usual biophysical and epidemiological approaches, it defines and explores the key themes that are shaping the global physical activity debate.Unrivalled in its scale and scope, it presents the latest data on physical activity from around the world, including case studies from Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia. Drawing on social, economic and behavioural sciences, it covers contexts from the global to the local and introduces the dominant ideas which inform the study of physical activity. Its 41 chapters examine the use of different forms of evidence in policymaking, the role of organisations in advocating physical activity, and the practical realities of public health interventions.Table of ContentsPART 1: Policy Issues in Physical Activity THEME A: Policy Concepts and Contexts 1. Concepts and Theories in Physical Activity Policy [Joe Piggin] 2. Putting Physical Activity on the Policy Agenda [Catherine Woods and Nanette Mutrie] 3. The Global Physical Inactivity Pandemic: An Analysis of Knowledge Production [Joe Piggin and Alan Bairner] 4. Is Exercise Medicine? [Dominic Malcolm and Emma Pullen] 5. Sport and Physical Activity for Health and Wellbeing: Choice and Competing Outcomes [Paul Downward] 6. The Imperative of Physical Activity in Public Health Policy and Practice [Louise Mansfield] THEME B: Evidence and Policy 7. The Interpretation and Misinterpretation of Biomedical Evidence to Inform Physical Activity Guidelines [Mike Weed] 8. Only Connect: How Social Science Can Improve Physical Activity Guidance [Tess Kay] 9. The Use of Behavioural Evidence in PA Policy: Is PA Policy Evidence Based? [Fiona Gillison and Fay Beck] 10. Tracing Translations: The Journey from Evidence to Policy to Physical Activity Promotion Campaigns [Jessica Lee, Benjamin Williams and Bernadette Sebar] 11. Measuring Physical Activity [Dale Esliger, Andrew Kingsnorth and Lauren Sherar] THEME C: Policy Communities and Physical Activity 12. Physical Activity and Mental Health: A Focus on Depression [Guy Faulkner and Markus Duncan] 13. Neighbourhood Accessibility and Active Travel [Hugh Barton, Michael Horswell and Paul Millar] 14. The Environment, Physical Activity, Recreation and the Outdoors [Barbara Humberstone, Heather Prince and Lois Mansfield] 15. Sport Policy [Pippa Chapman] 16. Young People, Physical Activity and ‘Active Play’ Promotion in Canada [Stephanie Alexander] 17. Education, Physical Education and Physical Activity Promotion [Andy Smith, Ken Green and Miranda Thurston] PART 2: Practices THEME D: People, Places and Physical Activity 18. Physical Activity and Ageing [Cassie Phoenix and Emmanuelle Tulle] 19. Girls, Women and Physical Activity [Philippa Velija and Louise Mansfield] 20. Disability and Physical Activity [Toni Williams and Brett Smith] 21. Physical Activity, Families and Households [John Day] 22. Workplace Physical Activity: Theory, Policy and Practice [David McGillivray] 23. Physical Activity in Schools [Jordan Smith, David Lubans and Rodney Lyn] 24. Physical Activity in Prisons [Mark Norman] THEME E: Understanding and Evaluating Practices and Programmes 25. Employing Voluntary Sports Organisations in the Implementation of Physical Activity Policy [Anna Aggestål and Josef Fahlén] 26. Physical Activity Opportunities for Young People: A Case Study of StreetGames [Carolynne Mason] 27. Schools, Corporations and Promotion of Physical Activity to Fight Obesity [Darren Powell and Michael Gard] 28. The Olympic Games and Physical Activity Promotion [Paul Bretherton and Billy Graeff] 29. The Role of Evaluation in School Sport Policy, Provision and Participation: Change4Life School Sports Clubs [Abby Foad and Michelle Secker] 30. Linking Physical Activity and Health Evaluation to Policy: Lessons from UK Evaluations [Andy Pringle, Jim McKenna and Stephen Zwolinsky] 31. Modelling the Cost Effectiveness of Physical Activity Interventions: The Case of GP Based Interventions [Nana Anokye] 32. Cycling: A Path to Physical Activity through Transportation, Sport and Leisure [Richard J. Buning and Heather J. Gibson] 33. ‘Will to Win’: The Darker Side of Elite Swimming [Jenny McMahon] PART 3: International Perspectives on Physical Activity Policy and Practice THEME F: Physical Activity Policy and Practice Around the World 34. The Arab Region [Mahfoud Amara] 35. Australia [Margaret Heffernan, Constantino Stavros, Kate Westberg, Angela Dobele and Aaron Smith] 36. Brazil [Thiago Hérick de Sá, Marco Almeida and Danielle Keylla Alencar Cruz] 37. The European Union [Mads de Wolff] 38. India [Aman Dhall] 39. South Africa [Tracey Kolbe Alexander and Vicki Lambert] 40. The United Kingdom [Emily Knox] 41. The United States of America [Sean Bulger, Emily Jones and Eloise Elliott]

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Book Synopsis“A people’s history of the Olympics.”—New York Times Book ReviewTrade Review"Fascinating." -- Peter Cowie - Wall Street Journal"Nuanced.… [W]ry, philosophical." -- Aram Goudsouzian - Washington Post"[A] bracingly debunking history." -- David Runciman - Guardian"Goldblatt is a wise, thoughtful, sometimes caustic observer." -- Boston Globe"Elegant and ambitious." -- Economist"[An] excellent, pacy, anecdote-studded history of the modern Games." -- Giles Smith - The Times (UK)"A timely and impressively expansive view of arguably the world’s most beloved sporting event.… [Goldblatt] has created the definitive book on the Olympics, which should be on the reading list of anyone with a passion for learning the full story of the Olympic games." -- Russell P. Gantos - New York Journal of Books"Tak[es] readers through decades of iconic athleticism, complicated global politics, and increasing commercialism—all of which go into making the Olympic games what they are today." -- Bustle"[A] bracing corrective… [that] retains space for the extraordinary and inspirational in the arena." -- David Horspool - Spectator"A tour of world history through the lens of the Olympic Games.… Goldblatt’s account of the history of performance-enhancing drugs is particularly striking." -- Charlie Goffen - Huffington Post

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Book SynopsisA monumental exploration of soccer and society in our time—by its preeminent historian.Trade Review"Superb.… Goldblatt provides vignettes and beautifully crafted case studies, country by country, of contemporary politics and economics, told through, and around, the global game." -- TLS"Reading David Goldblatt, you don’t just understand football better. You understand the world a bit better, too. The breadth of his research is unmatched, and the writing is always a pleasure." -- Simon Kuper, best-selling coauthor of Soccernomics"Scintillating." -- Barney Ronay - Guardian"A globe-trotting magnum opus." -- Tobias Jones - Sunday Times"Essential reading not just for fans of the sport, but also for students of geopolitics." -- Kirkus (starred review)"Next time people tell you politics has no place in football, tell them to read David Goldblatt’s The Age of Football." -- Cas Mudde, University of Georgia"[Goldblatt] writes about soccer with the expansive eye of a social and cultural critic." -- David Runciman - Wall Street Journal

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Book SynopsisDisability sport is a relatively recent phenomenon, yet it is also one that, particularly in the context of social inclusion, is attracting increasing political and academic interest. The purpose of this important new text  the first of its kind  is to introduce the reader to key concepts in disability and disability sport and to examine the complex relationships between modern sport, disability and other aspects of wider society. Drawing upon original data from interviews, surveys and policy documents, the book examines how disability sport has developed and is currently organised, and explores key themes, issues and concepts including: disability theory and policy the emergence and development of disability sport disability sport development in local authorities mainstreaming disability sport disability, physical education and school sport elite disability sport and the Paralympic Games disTrade Review'Thomas and Smith have delivered a much-needed critical examination of the opportunities and challenges facing the modern Paralympic and disability sport movement. In the run-up to London 2012 this is a book that should be read by all students, academics, administrators and policy-makers with an interest in disability sport.' - Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson "There is a real need for this book. It provides a unique and valuable sociological analysis of disability sport." Karen P DePauw, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Table of Contents1. Disability theory and policy 2. The emergence and development of disability sport 3. Local authorities and disability sport development 4. Mainstreaming disability sport: a case study of four sports 5. Disability, physical education and school sport 6. Elite disability sport: the Paralympic Games 7. Disability sport and the media

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Book SynopsisThe Olympics: A Critical Reader represents a unique, critical guide to the definitive sporting mega-event and the wider phenomenon it represents â Olympism. Combining classic texts and thoughtful editorial discussion with challenging new pieces, including previously unseen material, the book systematically addresses the key questions in modern Olympism, including: what does studying Olympism entail? how do historical accounts create and challenge Olympic myths? how do different theoretical perspectives inform our understanding of Olympism? which socio-political processes influence personal, collective and imagined Olympic identities? how do we experience and make sense of Olympism? who owns Olympism and why does it matter? how do cities compete for and celebrate the Olympics? How are the Olympic values promoted? Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Studying Olympism 1. Studying Olympism Part 2: Documenting Olympism 2. Post-Olympism: Questioning Olympic historiography 3. From Olympia 776 BC to Athens 2004: The Origins and Authenticity of the Modern Olympic Games 4. Olympic Games and Historical Imagination Part 3: Theorising Olympism 5. A Never-Ending Story: The Philosophical Controversy Over Olympism 6. Olympic Games and the Theory of Spectacle in Modern Societies 7. The Olympics and ‘Global Citizenship’ Part 4: Negotiating Olympic Identities 8. Hellenism and Olympism: Pierre de Coubertin and the Greek Challenges to the Early Olympic Movement 9. Staging the Nation: Gendered and Ethnicized Discourses of National Identity in Olympic Opening Ceremonies Part 5: Imagining Olympism 10. Meet the "Framers": the Olympic Producers 11. Olympic Museum 12. Paralympic "Lived History": Reflections of a Participant-Observer Part 6: Owning Olympism 13. A Brief Overview of the Olympic System 14. Who Owns the Olympics? Political Economy and Critical Moments in the Modern Games 15. On Seizing the Olympic Platform Part 7: Staging the Olympics 16. Financing of the Games: Interests, Winners and Losers 17. Olympic Cities: Regeneration, City Rebranding and Changing Urban Agendas Part 8: Promoting Olympism 18. ‘Celebrate Humanity’ or ‘Consumerism’: A Critical Evaluation of a Brand in Motion 19. Symbolism and the Effectiveness of Olympic Mascots Part 9: Safeguarding Olympism 20. Why Olympic Athletes Should Avoid the Use and Seek the Elimination of Performance-Enhancing Substances and Practices From the Olympic Games 21. Mega Events, Fear and Risk: Terrorism at the Olympic Games 22. Faster, Higher, Stronger: The Protection of Olympic Marks Leading up to Vancouver 2010 Part 10: Contesting Olympism 23. Does One-World Olympic Ideology Lead to Multiculturalism? 24. Olympic Impacts on Bid and Host Cities Part 11: Teaching Olympism 25. "Olympism" Revisited as Context for Global Education: Implications for Physical Education 26. Didactic Approaches to Teaching Olympic Education Part 12: Sustaining Olympism 27. The Making of the IOC environmental Policy as the Third Dimension of the Olympic Movement 28. A Sustainable Sports Legacy: Creating a Link Between the London Olympics and Sports Participation

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Book SynopsisThis anthology provides breadth, depth, and continuity in a thoughtfully presented selection of classic, current, and provocative readings. For instructors it is the course pack they've always wanted to prepare, and for students it is the readings they've spent untold hours seeking in librariesTomlinson's introductions put each reading in a context that gives students reason to take it seriously and a framework to connect it with theory and research. Professor Jay Coakley, The University of Colorado.Featuring the work of many of the world''s most influential authors writing on sport, The Sport Studies Reader explores the key sociological, historical, political and cultural themes that impact on the discipline.  Containing key and classic readings, with an editorial introduction and conclusion within each themed section, the Reader also includes discussion questions for the classroom.  This collection offers the studTable of ContentsEditor's Introduction Part 1: Conceptualizing and Theorizing Sport Part 2: Histories Part 3: Politics Part 4: Media Part 5: Class, Community and Cultural Reproduction Part 6: Race and Ethnic Identities Part 7: Gender and Sexualities Part 8: Subcultures Part 9: Consumption and Spectacle

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Book SynopsisPart ethnography, part memoir, this book traces Japan's vibrant cafe society over one hundred and thirty years. It also traces Japan's coffee craze from the turn of the twentieth century, when Japan helped to launch the Brazilian coffee industry, to the present day, as uniquely Japanese ways with coffee surface in Europe and America.Trade Review"Required reading for coffee's true believers and industry insiders." -- Oliver Strand T: The New York Times Style Magazine "You'll find your eyes opened beyond the new and storied cafes you've heard of and into regional corners and paradoxical tastes." Serious Eats "A fascinating 130-year illumination of Japan's deeply rooted sipping culture." LA Weekly "This excellent book combines academic rigour with lively descriptions and compelling prose." Times Higher Education "Provides an engaging and often personal account of Japanese coffeehouses... Highly recommended." -- R. R. Wilk, Indiana University Choice "Merry White has whiled away many hours in cafes in Japan in her professional role as an anthropologist, and wishes to communicate the diversity and intimacy one can experience in them." Times Literary Supplement (TLS) "Perhaps this isn't really a review, more a recommendation - all I can really say is that I enjoyed it, and ... you'll probably enjoy this too." Jimseven "This book will certainly give you ... a lot of new knowledge and maybe a whole new perspective on Japanese culture." Yum "Coffee Life in Japan provides a novel and significant study on contemporary Japanese life." -- Willa Zhen, Culinary Institute of America Journal Of American-East Asian Relations "Wake up to the world of Coffee Life in Japan, a book brimming with surprising tidbits, astute observations, and stories from the heart... If you're a [coffee maniac], clearly Coffee Life in Japan is the must-have book for you." -- Kate Heyhoe Caffeine and YouTable of ContentsIllustrations Preface 1. Coffee in Public: Cafe's in Urban Japan 2. Japan's Cafe's: Coffee and the Counterintuitive 3. Modernity and the Passion Factory 4. Masters of Their Universes: Performing Perfection 5. Japan's Liquid Power 6. Making Coffee Japanese: Taste in the Contemporary Cafe' 7. Urban Public Culture: Webs, Grids, and Third Places in Japanese Cities 8. Knowing Your Place Appendix: Visits to Cafe's, an Unreliable Guide Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisPresents an examination of the interrelationships of music and surfing explores different ways that surfers combine surfing with making and listening to music. This title discusses the origins of surfing in Hawai'i, its central role in Hawaiian society, and the mele (chants) and hula (dance or visual poetry) about surfing.Trade Review"[Cooley] tells a story that is just good entertainment. It will appeal to general audiences as much as it will to surfers and fans of surf music and surf culture." -- Brett Leigh Dicks Santa Barbara News Press "A serious book about a normally laid-back subject." -- Phyllis Fong Men's Journal "Invites the reader to hop on the board and catch the (sound) wave." -- Bill Baars Library Journal "Cooley, an ethnomusicologist and a surfer, finds commonalities in the ephemeral, creative qualities of the two activities." -- Star-Advertiser Staff Honolulu StarTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Online Examples Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Trouble in Paradise: The History and Reinvention of Surfing 2. "Surf Music" and the California Surfing Boom: New Surfing Gets a New Sound 3. Music in Surf Movies 4. Two Festivals and Three Genres of Music 5. The Pro Surfer Sings 6. The Soul Surfer Sings 7. Playing Together and Solitary Play: Why Surfers Need Music Notes Bibliography Discography Filmography Index

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Book SynopsisThis practical guide for undergraduate and HND/C students of Leisure and Tourism provides the tools to recognize and produce good research. It should enable readers to successfully evaluate their own tourism and leisure research and the research of others.Table of Contents Introducing Research, Methodology and Research Design, Evaluating Research, Secondary Data Analysis in Leisure & Tourism Research, Qualitative methods, Social Surveys, Sampling Techniques, The Analysis of Qualitative Data Content Analysis and Semiological Analysis, Summarising data descriptive statistics and the graphical presentation of data, Bivariate and Multivariate Analysis, Inferential Statistics, Writing a Research Report.

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Book SynopsisTokyo Disneyland has been analyzed mainly as an example of the globalization of the American leisure industry and its organizational culture. Looking at how the park is experienced by employees, management, and visitors, Raz shows that rather than being an agent of Americanization, it is a simulated America showcased by and for the Japanese.Trade ReviewRaz’s study of Tokyo Disneyland (TDL) is a well-grounded case of domestication. The central question of the study is to examine how Walt Disney World, as a globalizing and imperialistic operation, has been reworked into the localized cultural networks of Japan… This book is a strong case of glocalization, collapsing the global and local. -- Eric K. W. Ma * Journal of Communication *Raz’s socio-anthropological study describes how a significant piece of American business, ideology, and fantasy has been remade in Japan. Raz challenges the popular idea of Tokyo Disneyland as being a cultural imperialism. Rather, he found that it has succeeded precisely because it has become Japanese while marketing itself as American… [A] fine ethnography. -- M. Y. Rynn * Choice *

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Book SynopsisSport and Public Policy: Social, Political, and Economic Perspectives is the only text that examines some of the most compelling policy issues affecting the sports world from an interdisciplinary perspective—including economics, history, urban planning, not-for-profit administration, public health communications, political science, and philosophy. Table of ContentsPart I. The Structure of Professional Sports Chapter 1.Cooperation Amidst Competition: The Nature of Sport Leagues Nathaniel Sampson and Gerard C.S. Mildner Why League Cooperation Is Necessary Downside of Cooperation Organized Baseball: Evolution of a Cartel Antitrust Law Interpretations and Baseball Antitrust and Other Leagues: Are All Sports Equal? Effect of Public Policy on the Balance of Power Future Trends Conclusion Chapter 2. Beyond the Major Leagues: Lessons from the Organization of International Sports Gerard C.S. Mildner Organization of Soccer, the World Sport Women’s Soccer: The Trial of a Single-Entity League Rugby: The Contest over Professionalism, Nations, and Clubs Cricket: The Broadcaster’s Leagues Lessons for American Sports Future Trends Conclusion Chapter 3. Why Professional Athletes Make So Much Money Zenon X. Zygmont The NHL’s Missing Season Wage Determination in Professional Sports Free Agency Evaluating Player Productivity Is it Possible to Pay too Much? Future TrendsConclusion Part II. Professional Sports, Cities, and Public Finance Chapter 4. Economic Impact of Sport Stadiums, Teams and Events Charles A. Santo Public Cost of Big-Time Sports Economic Magnitude of Sports in Perspective Promoting Sport Investment Through Economic Impact Analysis Sources of Exaggeration in Economic Impact Analysis Ex Post Facto Empirical Evaluations Policy Implications on Predicted Economic Impacts Conclusion Chapter 5. Cities, Stadiums, and Subsidies: Why Cities Spend So Much on Sports Charles A. Santo Evolution of Major League Sport Facility Development Political Economy of Sport Facility Development Importance of Consumption Benefits Future Trends Conclusion Chapter 6. Community Ownership of Professional Sport Teams and the Role of Social Entrepreneurship Dorothy Norris-Tirrell and Susan Tomlinson Schmidt Identifying Community Ownership Alternatives Using the Nonprofit-Charitable Purpose Structure: The Memphis Redbirds Baseball Foundation Future Trends Conclusion Part III. Amateur Athletics, Participation, and Public Health Chapter 7.Influences of Urban Form on Physical Activity Jennifer Dill and Lynn Weigand Importance and Decline of Physical Activity in the United States How Urban Growth Has Made Us Less Active Public Policies to Increase Physical Activity Do These Strategies Work? Future Trends Conclusion Chapter 8. MLB’s Mixed Messages: African American Participation in Baseball David C. Ogden Myth and Semiotics Analyzing MLB’s Messages Moving from Political Speech to Myth Challenging Myth Policy Implications for Myth Making Future Trends Conclusion Chapter 9.Contradictions and Conflicts: Ethical Dilemmas Inherent in Big-Time College Sports Richard Southall, Mark S. Nagel, John Amis,and Crystal Southall College Sports Today National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Corporatization in College Sports Institutional Logics Case Study: 2006 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Broadcasts Future Trends Conclusion Chapter 10. Sport, Doping, and Public Policy Bryan E. Denham Mediated Doping Representations and the Formation of Public Policy Sporting Competition and the Formation of Regulatory Bodies Media Representations, Government Hearings, and Public Policy in the 21st Century Future Trends Conclusion Part IV. Sports and Globalization Chapter 11. Political Economy of the Olympic Games Gregory Andranovich, Matthew J. Burbank, and Charles H. Heying Globalization, the New Economy, and Political Economy Political Economy and the Olympic Games Los Angeles: The Market Matters Most Atlanta: The State Matters Most Mexico City: Civil Society Matters Most Future Trends Conclusion Chapter 12. American Baseball and the Global Labor Market: Resistance and Hegemony in the Caribbean Charles A. Santo Globalization of American Professional Baseball Shared History and Parallel Development of Caribbean Baseball Dominican Dependency, Underdevelopment, and Exploitation Cuban Nationalism and Resistance Movement Along the Spectrum Future Trends Conclusion Chapter 13. Expanding Global Consumer Market for American Sports: The World Baseball Classic Mark S. Nagel, Matt T. Brown, Dan A. Rascher, and Chad D. McEvoy Baseball’s Worldwide Development The Consumption of MLB in the United States The Creation of the World Baseball Classic World Baseball Classic Revenue Sources Future TrendsConclusion

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Book Synopsis Written by leading figures in the social sciences, the book synthesizes theory and research in social science and sport and promotes development of and through sport. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Making the Case for the Social Sciences of Sport, Exercise, and Health The Sport Ethic and the Natural Sciences Proposing a Human Development Model Part I. Identity: Definitions, Development, and the IndividualChapter 1. History of Sport Wray Vamplew, PhD Relationships With Other Disciplines Core Concepts Main Theoretical Perspectives Critical Findings Key Debates Summary Chapter 2. Philosophy of Sport Sigmund Loland, PhD, and Michael McNamee, PhD Historical Overview of the Discipline Main Theoretical Perspectives Key Debates Future Directions Summary Chapter 3. Psychology of Sport David Lavallee, PhD, John Kremer, PhD, and Aidan Moran, PhD Core Concepts Main Theoretical Perspectives Critical Findings Key Debates Summary Part II. Community: Place, Space, Image, and the Social Chapter 4. Anthropology of Sport Alan Klein, PhD Foundations in Sociocultural Anthropology Post-1970: The Athletic El Dorado and the Anthropologists Who Seek Him Looking Outward Summary Chapter 5. Sociology of Sport Joseph Maguire, PhD Historical Development and Core Concepts Main Theoretical Perspectives A Sociological Account of Sport: Critical Findings Future Directions and Key Debates Summary Chapter 6. Geography of Sport Christopher Gaffney, PhD Historical Trajectory of the Geography of Sport Core Concepts Main Theoretical Perspectives Key Debates and Critical Findings Future Directions Summary Chapter 7. Media Studies and Sport David Rowe, PhD Historical Connections and Questions in Media Studies Understanding Media: Core Concepts Media Powers and Routines: Main Theoretical Perspectives Critical Findings and Key Debates in Sport and Media Conclusion: Sport and Media Studies in Transition Part III. Capital: Wealth, Power, and ResourcesChapter 8. Economics and Sport Stefan Szymanski, PhD Professional League Model: Theory and Policy Productivity Studies Economic Impact: Measurement, Theory, and Policy Sport, Physical Activity, and Well-Being Illustrations of Economic Issues Conclusions Chapter 9. Political Science and Sport Jonathan Grix, PhD Core Concepts in Political Science Study of Sport and Politics Research Paradigms and Theoretical Perspectives in Political Science Applying Political Science and Sport: The Governance of Sport and the Politics of Mega-Events Summary Chapter 10. International Relations and Sport Roger Levermore, PhD, and Aaron Beacom, PhD Core Concepts and Main Theoretical Perspectives Critical Findings and Key Debates Summary Part IV. Governance: Regulation, Organization, and ImplementationChapter 11. Sport and the Law Deborah Healey, LLB, LLM (Hons) The Global Organization and Regulation of Sport Overview: The Place of Law in Sport Are the Courts Always Interested in Sport? Governance Aspects of Industry Self-Regulation in Sport Summary Chapter 12. Sport and Social Policy Ramón Spaaij, PhD Discipline of Social Policy: A Historical Overview Main Theoretical Perspectives Key Concepts Key Debates Summary Chapter 13. Sport and Management Studies Lucie Thibault, PhD Sport as a Unique Industry Historical Overview Core Concepts Main Theoretical Perspectives Critical Findings Key Debates Summary Chapter 14. Sport and Education Dawn Penney, PhD Core Concepts Theoretical Perspectives Critical Findings Key Debates Summary

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Book SynopsisYes, we gave Germany, France, Argentina, Brazil, and all the rest, football, and this is the first book to explore how

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Book SynopsisWhen the author found himself doing the same things week in, week out while living in England's capital, he decided to heed Johnson's words and seek out a thing to do each day in London to make him fall back in love with the city. In this book, he shares the fun, diverting and imaginative things that you can do to keep yourself amused in London.Trade ReviewOne thing to do every day that'll stop you getting tired of the big smoke. * The Guardian *

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Book SynopsisExamines a range of cultural issues related to: nationalism, gender, race, ethnicity, indigenous culture, sexuality, (dis)ability and even religiosity. This volume explores the dimensions of cultural diversity that relate to many of the aforementioned dimensions as they are located within the context of sport.

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Book SynopsisDanielle Williams, skydiver and founder of the online community Melanin Base Camp, profiles dozens of adventurers pushing the boundaries of inclusion and equity in the outdoors. These compelling narratives include a mother whose love of hiking led her to found a nonprofit to expose BIPOC children to the wonders of the outdoors and a mountain biker who, despite at first dealing with unwelcome glances and hostility on trails, went on to become a blogger who writes about justice and diversity in natural spaces.Also included is a guide to outdoor allyship that explores sometimes challenging topics to help all of us create a more inclusive community, whether you bike, climb, hike, or paddle. Join us as we work together to increase representation and opportunities for people of color in outdoor adventure sports.

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Book SynopsisA Globe and Mail Best BookA finalist for the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer PrizeA love letter to a sport that's losing itself, from one of our best sports writers.Hockey is approaching a state of crisis in Canada. It's become more expensive, more exclusive, and effectively off-limits to huge swaths of the potential sports-loving population. Youth registration numbers are stagnant; efforts to appeal to new Canadians are often grim at best; the game, increasingly, does not resemble the country of which it's for so long been an integral part.As a lifelong hockey fan and father of a young mixed-race son falling headlong in love with the game, Sean Fitz-Gerald wanted to get to the roots of these issues. His entry point: a season with the Peterborough Petes, a storied OHL team far from its former glory in a once-emblematic Canadian city that is finding itself on the wrong side of the country's changing demographics. Fitz-Gerald profiles

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Book SynopsisAn up-close look at the rivalry between the Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers, told from the perspective of those that were there. Sports writer and on-air personality Mark Spector pays tribute to the province's hockey heyday with a unique blend of humour and homage.     I hated every single guy on the Oilers, 'cause they all hated me. --Tim Hunter, the Calgary Flames     In the 1980s, the province of Alberta was home to the two best hockey teams in the NHL. Aptly dubbed Death Valley due to the sheer talent and ability of its players, the province not only begat rivalry with other NHL teams, but also sparked fierce competition within its own borders. Thus began The Battle of Alberta, the historic struggle between the Edmonton Oilers and the Calgary Flames.     In The Battle of Alberta, veteran sports journalist Mark Spector presents homage to Albertan hockey, and the tw

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Book SynopsisChallenging the well-worn images of rodeo as a white man’s sport, A Wilder West shows how rodeo brought together Aboriginal and settler men and women into relationships of competition and camaraderie, forging new identities and communities in the process.Trade ReviewBy using rodeo as the central contact zone, Kelm provides a very interesting and nuanced way of examining settler and Aboriginal relations in Western Canada...Kelm's book makes an important contribution to Canadian history. She successfully demonstrates that Western Canadian settlers and Aboriginal peoples did not operate in a static fashion or interact solely along the rigid lines of the colonization narrative. -- Michael Commito, McMaster University * Essays in History *Mary-Ellen Kelm’s book is a welcome addition to a somewhat sparse scholarly literature on the history of rodeo in Canada…overall, this study is well conceived and filled with personalized stories to keep readers interested and to deepen knowledge about localities. Kelm fulfills her intent to demonstrate the palpable “linkages between cultural display and political action” in terms of colonial history and has also created a good resource for studies about masculinities linked to sport and identity... -- Lynda M. Annik, Newfoundland Memorial University * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 An Old-Timers’ Town: Western Communities, Performance, and Contact Zones2 Truly Western in Its Character: Identities, Affinities, and Intimacies at Western Canadian Rodeo3 A Sport, Not a Carnival Act: Transforming Rodeo from Performance to Sport4 Heavens No! Let’s Keep It Rodeo! Pro Rodeo and the Making of the Modern Cowboy5 Going Pro: Community Rodeo in the Era of Professionalization6 Where the Cowboys Are Indians: Indian and Reserve Rodeo in the Canadian WestConclusionGlossary; Notes; Index

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Book SynopsisChallenging the well-worn images of rodeo as a white man’s sport, A Wilder West shows how rodeo brought together Aboriginal and settler men and women into relationships of competition and camaraderie, forging new identities and communities in the process.Trade ReviewBy using rodeo as the central contact zone, Kelm provides a very interesting and nuanced way of examining settler and Aboriginal relations in Western Canada...Kelm's book makes an important contribution to Canadian history. She successfully demonstrates that Western Canadian settlers and Aboriginal peoples did not operate in a static fashion or interact solely along the rigid lines of the colonization narrative. -- Michael Commito, McMaster University * Essays in History *Mary-Ellen Kelm’s book is a welcome addition to a somewhat sparse scholarly literature on the history of rodeo in Canada…overall, this study is well conceived and filled with personalized stories to keep readers interested and to deepen knowledge about localities. Kelm fulfills her intent to demonstrate the palpable “linkages between cultural display and political action” in terms of colonial history and has also created a good resource for studies about masculinities linked to sport and identity... -- Lynda M. Annik, Newfoundland Memorial University * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 An Old-Timers’ Town: Western Communities, Performance, and Contact Zones2 Truly Western in Its Character: Identities, Affinities, and Intimacies at Western Canadian Rodeo3 A Sport, Not a Carnival Act: Transforming Rodeo from Performance to Sport4 Heavens No! Let’s Keep It Rodeo! Pro Rodeo and the Making of the Modern Cowboy5 Going Pro: Community Rodeo in the Era of Professionalization6 Where the Cowboys Are Indians: Indian and Reserve Rodeo in the Canadian WestConclusionGlossary; Notes; Index

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Book SynopsisSporting Gender is the first book to explore the rise to fame of female athletes in China during its national crisis of 1931-45 brought on by the Japanese invasion. By re-mapping lives and careers of these athletes, administrators, and film actors within a wartime context, Gao shows how they coped with the conflicting demands of nationalist causes, unwanted male attention, and modern fame. Addressing themes of state control, media influence, fashion, and changing gender roles, she argues that the athletic female form helped to create a new ideal of modern womanhood in China at a time when women's emancipation and national needs went hand in hand. This book brings vividly to life the histories of these athletes and demonstrates how intertwined they were with the aims of the state and the needs of society.Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Zhang Huilan (1898-1996): The “Mother of Women’s Modern Physical Education”2 Nationalist and Feminist Discourses on Jianmei (Robust Healthy Beauty)3 The Basketball Team of the Private Liangjiang Women’s Tiyu Normal School4 The Evanescent Glory of the Track Queens5 “Miss China,” Yang Xiuqiong (1918-82): A Female Olympic Swimmer6 Sportswomen on Screen: The “Athletic Movie Star,” Li Lili (1915-2005)ConclusionNotes; Glossary of Chinese Terms, Titles, and Names; Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisSporting Gender is the first book to explore the rise to fame of female athletes in China during its national crisis of 1931-45 brought on by the Japanese invasion. By re-mapping lives and careers of these athletes, administrators, and film actors within a wartime context, Gao shows how they coped with the conflicting demands of nationalist causes, unwanted male attention, and modern fame. Addressing themes of state control, media influence, fashion, and changing gender roles, she argues that the athletic female form helped to create a new ideal of modern womanhood in China at a time when women's emancipation and national needs went hand in hand. This book brings vividly to life the histories of these athletes and demonstrates how intertwined they were with the aims of the state and the needs of society.Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Zhang Huilan (1898-1996): The “Mother of Women’s Modern Physical Education”2 Nationalist and Feminist Discourses on Jianmei (Robust Healthy Beauty)3 The Basketball Team of the Private Liangjiang Women’s Tiyu Normal School4 The Evanescent Glory of the Track Queens5 “Miss China,” Yang Xiuqiong (1918-82): A Female Olympic Swimmer6 Sportswomen on Screen: The “Athletic Movie Star,” Li Lili (1915-2005)ConclusionNotes; Glossary of Chinese Terms, Titles, and Names; Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative collection convincingly argues that modern sport can be characterized by unequal and problematic power relations that are inextricably linked to issues of violence, harm, deviance, and punishment.On the one hand, sport is a mainstay of community building, an expression of solidarity, and a means to mental and social health. On the other, there is the star player who commits sexual violence, the trans athlete whose achievements are dismissed as fraudulent, or the racist and abusive nationalism of the impassioned sports fan. From drawing connections between head trauma and athletic violence to exploring the social meanings of sport in prison, contributors to this volume reimagine sport as an important unit of analysis for critical criminologists.Messages about crime, violence, and punishment in sport mirror broader relations of power that exist off the field. Situated at the intersections of sport, sporting culture, and crime, Power Played blows

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Book SynopsisSexual assault by and against athletes is a pervasive and long-standing problem in Canada, but reports are commonly minimized, doubted, and dismissed by sport administrators, police, and judges. Through a detailed examination of over 300 cases appearing in news media and legal files across Canada from 1990 to 2020, Sexual Assault in Canadian Sport uncovers an enduring institutional tolerance of sexual assault in Canadian sport and the betrayal that many victims experience by those same institutions. Curtis Fogel and Andrea Quinlan argue further that both the Canadian sport system and the criminal legal system have failed to ensure victims' safety and often undermine sexual assault prevention and trauma-informed care.Sexual Assault in Canadian Sport opens new avenues for critical dialogue about sport, law, masculinities, and gender-based violence. Crucially, it also offers constructive strategies to increase safety in sport. Table of Contents1 Sport, Sexual Assault, and the Law: An Introduction2 Athlete-Perpetrated Sexual Assault: Misogyny, White Male Privilege, and Entitlement in Competitive Men’s Sport3 Group Sexual Assault: A Theatre for Performing Violent Masculinities4 Sexually Violent Hazing: Power, Humiliation, and Group Dominance Bonding5 Sexual Exploitation by Authority Figures: Institutional Tolerance and Betrayal within the Canadian Sport System6 Breaking the Cycle of Sexual Assault in Canadian SportAppendix A: Reports of Athlete-Perpetrated Sexual AssaultAppendix B: Reports of Athlete-Perpetrated Group Sexual AssaultAppendix C: Reports of Sexually Violent HazingAppendix D: Reports of Sexual Assaults Involving Authority Figures in SportNotes; References; Index

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Book SynopsisAn athlete becomes a movie star; a waiter rises to manage a chain of nightclubs; a movie scenarist takes to writing restaurant reviews. Intrepid women hunt bears, drive in automobile races, and fly, first in balloons and then in airplanes. Sensational...Trade ReviewFirst and foremost it is a recovery of little-known stories of Russian leisure activities, an effort to 'resurrect' what has largely 'vanished' from historical memory.... This recovery of the past is often quite celebratory (the author's pleasure in discovering and telling these tales of Russians 'at play' is apparent), yet this appreciation has interpretive weight. Louise McReynolds argues, against the well-known contempt for commercial entertainment by contemporary culturalist intellectuals, that Russia's growing commercial mass culture offered citizens facing a rapidly changing modern society much of value. Above all, it offered Russians opportunities to orient themselves as individuals and social beings, to fashion and adapt new identities, and to find refuge. * Slavic Review *In her well-researched and stimulating book, Louise McReynolds brings firmly to our attention the late tsarist leisure industry and show show it can deepen our understanding of Russian culture and society.... The book also has more than fifty well-chosen illustrations: street scenes, sports photos, photo-portraits (especially of actors), cartoons, and promotional pictures of resorts. * SEER *Table of ContentsThe origins of Russia's legitimate stage -- Commercializing the legitimate stage -- Sporting life as modern life -- The actress and the wrestler -- The Russian tourist at home and abroad -- "Steppin' out" in the Russian night at the fin-de-siaecle -- Inthe whirlwind of a waltz -- Tsarist Russia's dream factories.

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Book SynopsisThe author chronicles how basketball and hip hop have gone from being reviled by the American mainstream in the 1970s to being embraced and imitated globally today. For young black men, he argues, they represent a new version of the American dream, one embodying the hopes and desires of those excluded from the original version.Trade Review“A powerful and provocative history of modern basketball and how issues of race, class and popular culture have played out both on and off the basketball court.”—Publishers Weekly“An insightful look at how African American basketball players and rappers have gone from being reviled by mainstream audiences to being imitated around the world.”—Essence“Boyd effortlessly threads the past thirty years of basketball culture, the cost of being outspoken, and the pressures of a power structure and media glare that both cheers and reviles.”—UpscaleTable of ContentsIntroduction to the Bison Books EditionIntroduction: The Playa's Life1. Young, Black, Rich and Famous: 'Ball, Hip Hop, and the Redefinition of the American Dream2. Don't Get High on Your Own Supply: The NBA's Image Problem Back in the Day3. That Ol' Black Magic and the Great White Hope: Basketball and Race in the Reagan Era4. Chocolate City: Georgetown and the Intelligent Hoodlums5. I Am: Hip Hop, the Individual, and the Culture of Michael Jordan6. My Detroit Playaz: Ballin' in the Motor City7. The Takeover: The Fab Five, Hip Hop, and College 'Ball8. Leaders of the New School: The Answer, "Karaoke Jordan," and the Modern-Day Balla9. Can It All Be So Simple? Internationally Known, Nationally Recognized, and Locally Accepted

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