Sociology: sport and leisure Books
Manchester University Press Sport and the Making of Britain International
Book SynopsisChronicles how sporting traditions in Britain were shaped and how they in turn contributed to the shaping of British social conventions. Tracing sporting history from its origins, this book emphasizes how sport served different functions from the modern notion of a leisure-time relief from work.Table of ContentsRude beginnings, 43-1199 AD; "Christian service and true chivalry", 1200-1485; upward mobility, 1484-1603; princes and people, 1603-1688; politics and patrons, 1688-1756; aristocrats and entrepreneurs, 1756-1792; revolution and re-action, 1793-1815; "sporting personal", 1815-1837; Victorian dawn, 1837-51; judicious bottle-holding, 1851-1866; the missionary spirit, 1867-88.
£18.99
Manchester University Press Foreign Players and Football Supporters
Book SynopsisThe first academic book to look at supportersâ reactions to the increase in the number of foreign players in the very clubs they support -- .Trade Review‘Ranc’s book provides a compelling analysis on how the printed media in three different countries portray the relationship of commercialization and globalization to football. ‘Foreign’ footballers seem to be just one of the many cases discussed by the media in respect of the globalization of the game, and not particularly the central aspect as the title might lead you to think. Ranc taps in some really interesting topics in regard to what it means to be a foreigner.’Renan Petersen-Wagner, Durham University, Soccer and Society -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Understanding partisan identification2. Researching partisan identification3. Glasgow: the Old Firm4. Paris Saint-Germain5. ArsenalConclusionBibliography
£76.50
Manchester University Press Leisure cultures in urban Europe c.17001870
Book SynopsisCombines research on a wide variety of leisure activities in the early modern and modern periods, providing an unprecedented transnational perspective to the study of European leisure history.Table of ContentsIntroduction - Peter Borsay and Jan Hein Furnee Charting the flows: institutions and genres 1. Art in the urban public sphere: art venues by entrepreneurs, associations and institutions, 1800-50 - J. Pedro Lorente 2. Melodrama in post-revolutionary Europe: the genealogy and diffusion of a 'popular' theatrical genre and experience, 1780-1830 - Carlotta Sorba 3. Games and sports in the long eighteenth century: failures of transmission - Peter Clark Processes of selection and adaptation: actors and structures 4. Georgian Bath: a transnational culture - Peter Borsay 5. Music and opera in Brussels, 1700-1850: a tale of two cities - Koen Buyens 6. Leisure culture, entrepreneurs and urban space: Swedish towns in a European perspective, eighteenth to nineteenth centuries - Dag Lindstrom 7. Coffeehouses: leisure and sociability in Ottoman Istanbul - Cengiz Kirli Towards an 'entangled history' of urban leisure culture 8. The rules of leisure in eighteenth-century Paris and London - Laurent Turcot 9. City of pleasure or 'ville des plaisirs'? Urban leisure culture exchanges between England and France through travel writing, 1700-1820 - Clarisse Coulomb 10. The role of inland spas in the production of European leisure culture, 1750-1870 - Jill Stewart 11. Coastal resorts and cultural exchange in Europe, 1780-1870 - John K. Walton Index
£81.00
Human Kinetics Publishers Sport and Public Policy
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
£65.00
Human Kinetics Publishers Social Sciences in Sport
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
£70.20
Lexington Books The Anthropology of Sport and Human Movement
Book SynopsisThe evolution of the human species has always been closely tied to the relationship between biology and culture, and the human condition is rooted in this fascinating intersection. Sport, games, and competition serve as a nexus for humanity''s innate fixation on movement and social activity, and these activities have served throughout history to encourage the proliferation of human culture for any number of exclusive or inclusive motivations: money, fame, health, spirituality, or social and cultural solidarity. The study of anthropology, as presented in Anthropology of Sport and Human Movement, provides a scope that offers a critical and discerning perspective on the complex calculus involving human biological and cultural variation that produces human movement and performance. Each chapter of this compelling collection resonates with the theme of a tightly woven relationship of biology and culture, of evolutionary implications and contemporary biological and cultural expression.Trade ReviewTo date the Anthropology of Sport has been dominated by accounts that have emphasized the social and cultural dimensions of such activities. This volume makes a significant contribution to the Anthropology of Sport through the development of a more systematic biocultural approach to sporting activities. What is particularly exciting about this volume is that the authors have been encouraged to explore the interactive and dynamic relationship between culture and biology in such a variety of ways and from such a variety of positions. Framed by Geertz’s account of the importance of a concept of culture for human evolution, even while moving well beyond this early attempt, the ethnographic papers in this volume are theorised with a keen sense of the biocultural complexity of human movements. This book will find a place on bookshelves of all of us interested in the meanings and organization of human movement in social life. -- Philip Moore, Curtin University of Technology, AustraliaThe Anthropology of Sport and Human Movement moves the discussion about the role of sport in human society to a new level, integrating the latest findings of biogenetics and physiology with the insights regarding sport as a cultural phenomenon. The collection is a breakthrough for the discipline, a gold mine of ideas for future research, and important reading for everyone who appreciates and takes seriously the study of human movement, sport, and play. -- Kendall Blanchard, Georgia Southwestern State UniversityThe editors of this volume want to promote an anthropology of sport and, in particular, advocate a biocultural approach to the subject. To that end, they have gathered 13 articles arranged in four sections. The book first presents foundational thinking on sport, play, and the concept of "man" (the latter in a Clifford Geertz reprint). There follow sections on the evolution of human running, the role of race in sports (principally running), and the final mix of topics on exercise, pain, and ineptness (among Paleolithic athletes, contemporary hunter-gatherers, and Brazilian capoeira practitioners, as well as in pain management systems of the future). While claiming interest in sport and human movement broadly understood, the articles show a major emphasis on running. Similarly, while the stated aim is to show the intersection of the biological and cultural, the more complex data, sophisticated analyses, and general awareness of recent scholarship lay on the biological side. This orientation can be explained in part by the disciplinary spread of the authors: three are anthropologists while other work the fields such as sociology, biology, health and exercise, medical science, international health, and business. * CHOICE *Table of Contents1 Table of Contents 2 Preface 3 Acknowledgments Part 4 I. Foundations Chapter 5 1. Anthropology Revisits Sport through Human Movement Chapter 6 2. Impact of the Concept of Culture on the Concept of Man Chapter 7 3. From Landscapes to Playscapes: The Evolution of Play in Humans and Other Animals Part 8 II. Evolution of Human Running The Precursor to Sport Chapter 9 4. Endurance Predator Chapter 10 5. Thermoregulation and Hydrating Strategies in Human Evolution Chapter 11 6. Homo cursor: Running into the Pleistocene Part 12 III. Culture, Genes, Race, and Performance Chapter 13 7. Traditional and Modern Running Culture among the Kalenjin of Kenya: a Historical and Anthropological Perspective Chapter 14 8. Black Like Me The Shared Origins of Humanity and Why We Are Different Chapter 15 9. 'White' Men Can't Run: Where is the Scientific Evidence? Part 16 IV. Past, Present, and Future Chapter 17 10. The Paleolithic Athlete: The Original Cross Trainer Chapter 18 11. When Pain = Strain = No Gain: The 'Physiology of Strain' and Exercise Intensity, c.1850-1920. Chapter 19 12. Throwing Like a Brazilian: On Ineptness and a Skill-shaped Body Chapter 20 13. The DREAM Gene for the Posthuman Athlete: Reducing Exercise-Induced Pain Sensations Using Gene Transfer 21 Index
£101.70
Rlpg/Galleys The Anthropology of Sport and Human Movement
Book SynopsisThe evolution of the human species has always been closely tied to the relationship between biology and culture, and the human condition is rooted in this fascinating intersection. Sport, games, and competition serve as a nexus for humanity''s innate fixation on movement and social activity, and these activities have served throughout history to encourage the proliferation of human culture for any number of exclusive or inclusive motivations: money, fame, health, spirituality, or social and cultural solidarity. The study of anthropology, as presented in Anthropology of Sport and Human Movement, provides a scope that offers a critical and discerning perspective on the complex calculus involving human biological and cultural variation that produces human movement and performance. Each chapter of this compelling collection resonates with the theme of a tightly woven relationship of biology and culture, of evolutionary implications and contemporary biological and cultural expression.Trade ReviewRecommended. * CHOICE, November 2011 *To date the Anthropology of Sport has been dominated by accounts that have emphasized the social and cultural dimensions of such activities. This volume makes a significant contribution to the Anthropology of Sport through the development of a more systematic biocultural approach to sporting activities. What is particularly exciting about this volume is that the authors have been encouraged to explore the interactive and dynamic relationship between culture and biology in such a variety of ways and from such a variety of positions. Framed by Geertz’s account of the importance of a concept of culture for human evolution, even while moving well beyond this early attempt, the ethnographic papers in this volume are theorised with a keen sense of the biocultural complexity of human movements. This book will find a place on bookshelves of all of us interested in the meanings and organization of human movement in social life. -- Philip Moore, Curtin University of Technology, AustraliaThe Anthropology of Sport and Human Movement moves the discussion about the role of sport in human society to a new level, integrating the latest findings of biogenetics and physiology with the insights regarding sport as a cultural phenomenon. The collection is a breakthrough for the discipline, a gold mine of ideas for future research, and important reading for everyone who appreciates and takes seriously the study of human movement, sport, and play. -- Kendall Blanchard, Georgia Southwestern State UniversityTable of Contents1 Table of Contents 2 Preface 3 Acknowledgments Part 4 I. Foundations Chapter 5 1. Anthropology Revisits Sport through Human Movement Chapter 6 2. Impact of the Concept of Culture on the Concept of Man Chapter 7 3. From Landscapes to Playscapes: The Evolution of Play in Humans and Other Animals Part 8 II. Evolution of Human Running The Precursor to Sport Chapter 9 4. Endurance Predator Chapter 10 5. Thermoregulation and Hydrating Strategies in Human Evolution Chapter 11 6. Homo cursor: Running into the Pleistocene Part 12 III. Culture, Genes, Race, and Performance Chapter 13 7. Traditional and Modern Running Culture among the Kalenjin of Kenya: a Historical and Anthropological Perspective Chapter 14 8. Black Like Me The Shared Origins of Humanity and Why We Are Different Chapter 15 9. 'White' Men Can't Run: Where is the Scientific Evidence? Part 16 IV. Past, Present, and Future Chapter 17 10. The Paleolithic Athlete: The Original Cross Trainer Chapter 18 11. When Pain = Strain = No Gain: The 'Physiology of Strain' and Exercise Intensity, c.1850-1920. Chapter 19 12. Throwing Like a Brazilian: On Ineptness and a Skill-shaped Body Chapter 20 13. The DREAM Gene for the Posthuman Athlete: Reducing Exercise-Induced Pain Sensations Using Gene Transfer 21 Index
£40.50
Rlpg/Galleys The Making of Les Bleus
Book SynopsisThe Making of Les Bleus traces the Fifth Republic's quest to create elite athletes in two global team sports, football and basketball, primarily at the youth level. While the objective of this mission was to improve performances at international competitions, such programs were quickly seized upon to help ease domestic issues and tensions. The onset of the Cold War forced countries of all sizes to rethink their relevancy. A country's ability to exert soft power, or influence others through the cultural sphere, became more important. Sport was but one way through which to do so. The extent to which France harnessed the athletic domain was unprecedented among other West European nations. In France, sport, particularly at the youth level, was used to cultivate soft power internationally, to transmit republican ideals of democracy and fair play to the youth, and to examine and create a modern, post-colonial French identity in a globalizing world. The French sought to find a third way in sports, much in the way that it sought to create an alternative between the diplomatic policies of Washington and Moscow. Fifth Republic sports systems placed the training of elite athletes under the state. At the same time, private clubs also played an important role in developing players to serve the republic in elite competition. Examination of the republic's quest to create elite athletes provides perspective on how France coped with and adapted to the post-1945 world. In what ways did the country reconfigure its global role? How did domestic changes impact society? In a globalizing, post-colonial world, how has France come to terms with the past? In what ways has France sought to create a new French identity? This story helps answer such questions. The history of the state's cooption of youth sports forms a compelling tale and serves as a prism through which to investigate the larger history of France, the evolution of society, the impacts of the media revolution, and the government's mission of public health. It underscores just how much things have changedyet still remained the same. You can find a podcast interview with the author about this book at: http://newbooksinsports.com/2013/11/14/lindsay-krasnoff-the-making-of-les-bleus-sport-in-france-1958-2010-lexington-books-2012/Trade ReviewCovering a period of over fifty years, the book considers sports as a primary means by which the French state sought to obtain and expand its own “soft power” in the world arena through the encouragement of national sports programs and culture. Krasnoff has drawn on an impressive range of archival material, as well as numerous interviews that provide readers with a unique perspective on recent years for which much of the written record remains off-limits to researchers. Concluding with a discussion of the most recent “sports crisis” in France (the national football team has suffered some serious losses n the last several years) Krasnoff’s study places more recent events in French sports culture in the context of a nation struggling with competing definitions of Frenchness. * New Books Network *The Making of Les Blues is a solid empirical study that is based upon funds in French state archives, French printed reports on sport and memoirs and reports by French athletes and bureaucrats. The bibliography includes 25 'Oral Histories:' interviews and e-mail communications with sport ministers, administrators and experts in the fields of sport, education and health in Paris, Marseille and Rennes. ... Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff’s tale is packed with detailed information about the role of sports politics in the development of France, from being a programmatically non-ethnic, successfully de-colonizing civic society into becoming a nation that is characterized by ethno-social divisions and conflicts. * Idrottsforum.org *Krasnoff offers a detailed study of French sports policy since the Second World War, thus opening up for Anglophone readers a scholarly field largely restricted to French-language participants, not least the historians and sociologists working within the hyper productive STAPS universe. * British Journal Review *This book aims to set in its social and political context the development of French sports policy, its implementation, effects, and reception within and outside France, from 1958 practically to the present day. It focuses on the prized centerpiece of sports policy, the youth coaching systems, which have not been without controversy, particularly in recent years – on which the author is well informed. . . .Krasnoff is particularly good on what happens, and why, in the sports training academies. In sporting terms, she refers to the famous victories of 'les Bleus' in soccer and basketball, but also their notorious losses, including loss of players to foreign leagues. * Contemporary French Civilization *The Making of Les Bleus provides an excellent and timely survey of how the French state navigated its own distinct path between the sporting superpowers and smaller but ruthlessly successful nations, such as the former East Germany, over fifty years from the Cold War to the new world order of the last twenty years. From de Gaulle to Platini, 1968 to elite athletic centers and the media revolution of cable television, this lively account is important reading for historians of sport and post-war France. -- Christopher Young, professor of modern and medieval German studies, University of Cambridge, UK, and author of The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany (University of California Press, 2010)For more than a century, the French have known how to globalize sport. Greece founded the Olympic Games, but Pierre de Coubertin revived them. Britain first organized soccer, but France turned it into the World Cup. However, maybe even the French need help in understanding the social upheaval that culminated on July 12th, 1998 with a million people of every conceivable background dancing the night away on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées after Les Bleus became world champions. Everyone there knew a little about why Zinedine Zidane, a player of Algerian Arabic descent, was so central to that triumph. Dr. Lindsay Krasnoff uses a historian’s patience and perspective to draw together political, cultural, and historical strands that make sports reflect a nation. -- Rob Hughes, International Herald TribuneThe most detailed history of contemporary French sport to date, The Making of Les Bleus is deeply-researched, wide-ranging, and insightful. By showing how and why the French state invested in unique ways in athletic programs, and interweaving fascinating stories of individual athletes with analysis of institutions, Krasnoff powerfully expands our understanding of the politics of sport in Europe and beyond. -- Laurent Dubois, Duke University, and author of Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of FranceTable of ContentsIntroduction: Setting the Scene Chapter 1: To Remake the Nation's Image, 1958- 1973 Chapter 2: De Gaulle's Sports Crisis, 1958-1973 Chapter 3: Creating an Athletic Force de Frappe, 1973-1984 Chapter 4: Slackening the Strings, 1984-1992 Chapter 5: Victors Triumphant? 1992-2000 Chapter 6: Dénouement, 2000-2010 Conclusion: A Second Sports Crisis? Notes Annex I: Selected Biographies of Oral History Subjects
£88.20
Pluto Press In Foreign Fields The Politics and Experiences of
Book SynopsisExamines the lives sports players, journalists, coaches and administrators who work far away from the sporting limelightTrade Review'This is a remarkable book. Combining vivid prose with shrewd analysis, he follows the lives and labour of both elite and lesser-known players' -- Simon Coleman, Chancellor Jackman Chaired Professor, University of Toronto, and co-editor of The Discipline of Leisure'Based on more than a decade of ethnographic research in a wide variety of locations, this book make an enormous contribution to the anthropological study of sport' -- Alan Bairner, Professor of Sport and Social Theory at Loughborough University, author of Sport, Nationalism, and Globalization (2001)'Timely, innovative and provocative' -- Noel Dyck, Professor of Social Anthropology at Simon Fraser University and co-editor of Claiming Individuality: The Politics of Cultural Distinction (Pluto, 2006)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Introduction: Sowing Transnational Fields 1. Routes and Strategies of Transnational Migration 2. Striding Across Fields of Global Sport 3. Tensions of Sovereignty and Citizenship 4. NEOsport and the Production of Transnational Sport Migrants 5. Family Matters: Negotiating the Risks and Costs of Mobility 6. Illegal Motion: Undocumented Migration and the Production of Illegality Concluding Remarks: Experiencing the Politics of Transnational Migration Works Cited Media Sources Index
£25.19
The History Press Ltd How Britain Brought Football to the World
Book SynopsisYes, we gave Germany, France, Argentina, Brazil, and all the rest, football, and this is the first book to explore how
£14.39
Ebury Publishing Tired of London Tired of Life
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 *
£16.19
Rlpg/Galleys Deconstructing Travel
Book SynopsisAs a visible marker of globalization, the increased role of travel and tourism in our lives makes it a remarkable force in contemporary culture. Deconstructing Travel provides an easily understood framework of the relationship between travel and culture in our rapidly changing postmodern, postcolonial world. Beginning with an examination of classical expeditions in mythology, history, and literatures, Arthur Asa Berger explores the role of travel in contemporary lives, from university travel-abroad programs to package tours and family vacations. This volume is a highly-engaging look into why people travel, examining travel and tourism as a cultural phenomenon through social, cultural, psychological, and economic forces.Trade ReviewBerger approaches his subject not as a scientist, peering through the microscope to produce a precise dissection but as an artist, and then not a miniaturist but as a presenter of landscapes brought to our attention by a collection of bold brush strokes borrowed for present purposes from any number of schools and pressed into service to create a wonderfully evocative and interesting pastiche. . . Berger is at his best when discussing travel writing. * Tourist Studies *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface and Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Chapter One: Travelers and Tourists Chapter 3 Chapter Two: Aspects of Travel and Tourism Chapter 4 Chapter Three: The Uses of Travel and Tourism Chapter 5 Chapter Four: The Tourism Industry Chapter 6 Chapter Five: Travel Advertising: Images and Language Chapter 7 Chapter Six: Travel Writing as an Art Form Chapter 8 Chapter Seven: The Impact of Tourism Chapter 9 Chapter Eight: Disneyland and Walt Disney World Chapter 10 Chapter Nine: The End of the Road Chapter 11 Bibliography Chapter 12 Index Chapter 13 About the Author
£31.50
University Press of America Boys Gone Wild
Book SynopsisBoys Gone Wild examines why some professional football players participate in deviant, and sometimes illegal, behavior while others do not. According to Carter''s research, nearly one in three professional football players have been charged with serious crimes. Carter gained access into an exclusive group of National Football League players, interviewing and surveying 104 participants. His qualitative data revealed three core themes: deviance, anomie, and social ties. A substantial number of players had prior experience with deviant and illegal behaviors. Many reported problems coping with how drastically their lives changed (i.e., anomie) upon entering the NFL. Moreover, virtually fifty percent reported being unhappy with their lifedespite being wealthy and famous. It appeared that some level of anomie was present in a number of these players'' lives; however, players that had strong ties to various social groups appeared less likely to succumb to anomie and deviance. Supporting the qTable of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 Chapter One- Introduction: Consequences of American's Obsession Chapter 4 Chapter Two - It's Lonely (Anomie) at the Top: Theoretical Interpretations of Deviant Behavior Chapter 5 Chapter Three - Accessing the Lives of Professional Football Players: Stories Revealed Chapter 6 Chapter Four - Illegal Procedure: Seeing Patterns of Deviance Chapter 7 Chapter Five - Out of Bounds: Seeing Patterns of Anomie Chapter 9 Chapter Six - Inside the Huddle: Patterns of Social Support and Ties Chapter 10 Chapter Seven - Moving the Chains: From Observation to Quantification Chapter 11 Chapter Eight - The Final Score: What the Numbers Mean Chapter 12 Chapter Nine - Key Considerations for the Future: Social Control or Emporwerment Chapter 13 Index Chapter 13 About the Author
£34.20
Emerald Publishing Limited Social and Cultural Diversity in a Sporting World
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.
£82.99
Running Press,U.S. Melanin Base Camp
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.
£22.50
McClelland & Stewart Inc. Before the Lights Go Out A Season Inside a Game
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
£16.65
McClelland & Stewart Inc. The Battle of Alberta The Historic Rivalry
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
£16.80
McGill-Queen's University Press Gael Force
Book SynopsisGael Force provides a wealth of interesting facts and engaging anecdotes as well as profiles and photographs of the coaches, captains, and players. Merv Daub takes the reader through a century of Queen''s football, from the first 'Dominion' championship in 1893 with Curtis and his boys, through three consecutive Grey Cup wins in the 1920s, the 1934-35 victory of the 'Fearless Fourteen,' the 1955 season when Gus Braccia, Ronnie Stewart, Gary Schreider, Lou Bruce, Al Kocman, 'Jocko' Thompson, and the rest of that 'band of merry men' brought Queen''s back into the limelight, the golden years of the 1960s, to the 1978 and 1992 Vanier Cup championship seasons. Gael Force is a tribute to the long-standing football legacy at Queen''s and an important historical and sociological study of college sport in Canada.
£68.25
MN - University of British Columbia Press A Wilder West Rodeo in Western Canada
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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University of British Columbia Press A Wilder West Rodeo in Western Canada
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
£21.59
University of British Columbia Press Sporting Gender
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
£69.70
University of British Columbia Press Sporting Gender
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
£36.06
University of British Columbia Press Power Played
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
£62.90
University of British Columbia Press Sexual Assault in Canadian Sport
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
£69.70
McFarland and Company, Inc. Digital Gameplay Essays on the Nexus of Game and
Book SynopsisThis volume addresses the world of digital games, with special emphasis on the roll and input of the gamer himself. Contributors discuss the various ways the game player interacts with the game - the physical and mental aspects of digital game play and factors that influence play, including the perception of the game player.
£20.89
McFarland and Company, Inc. The Meaning and Culture of Grand Theft Auto
Book Synopsis The immensely popular Grand Theft Auto game series has inspired a range of reactions among players and commentators, and a hot debate in the popular media. These essays from diverse theoretical perspectives expand the discussion by focusing scholarly analysis on the games, particularly Grand Theft Auto III (GTA3), Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (GTA:VC), and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (GTA:SA). Part One of the book discusses the fears, lawsuits, legislative proposals, and other public reactions to Grand Theft Auto, detailing the conflict between the developers of adult oriented games and various new forms of censorship. Depictions of race and violence, the pleasure of the carnivalistic gameplay, and the significance of sociopolitical satire in the series are all important elements in this controversy. It is argued that the general perception of digital changed fundamentally following the release of Grand Theft Auto III. The secon
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McFarland & Co Inc The Players Realm Studies on the Culture of Video
Book SynopsisDigital games have become an increasingly pervasive aspect of everyday life as well as an embattled cultural phenomenon in the twenty-first century. This study sketches some of the various trajectories of digital games in modern Western societies, looking at the growth and persistence of the moral panic that accompanies massive public interest.
£26.62
McFarland & Company Blue Vaudeville Sex Morals and the Mass Marketing
Book SynopsisReveals the often racy, ribald, and sexually charged nature of the vaudeville stage, looking at an array of provocative performers from disrobing dancers to nude posers to skimpily dressed athletes. This work includes in-depth examinations of important figures from the vaudeville stage such as Annette Kellerman and Eva Tanguay.
£27.54
McFarland & Company The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and
Book SynopsisAn anthology of 16 papers, presented at the Seventeenth Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture in June 2005 and presented at the Eighteenth in June 2006. The essays are divided into six sections. Selected from approximately 90 papers delivered at both symposia, the essays represent the finest scholarship from two conferences.
£42.29
McFarland and Company, Inc. The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and
Book SynopsisProvides an anthology of scholarly essays that utilize the national game to examine topics whose import extends beyond the ballpark and constitute a significant academic contribution to baseball literature.
£42.29
McFarland & Company Sports Mania Essays on Fandom and the Media in
Book SynopsisA collection of essays that tackles a wide range of subjects, including the ways in which people root for their teams, the consumption of sports information, and the uses of technology to cultivate fan communities.
£20.89
McFarland & Co Inc Our Sweetest Hours Recreation and the Mental
Book Synopsis The phenomenon of absorption or the intense focusing of attention that results in a sense of escape and diversion is examined here. In this context, the principal areas of adult recreation are examined: stories, shows, intoxication, sex, music, dancing, art, and meditation. The issues discussed in this book have generally been overlooked by psychology, which is primarily concerned with the everyday business of living (self, anxiety, learning, etc.). This study will promote the understanding of the tremendous attractiveness of these modern diversions that are extremely absorbing and hypnotic.
£20.89
McFarland & Company Baseball and Social Class Essays on the
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Cornell University Press Russia at Play
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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University of Nebraska Press Young Black Rich and Famous
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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University of Nebraska Press In Search of Powder
Book SynopsisAn exploration of ski bum history and culture and the socio-economic factors that are shaping it todayTrade Review“In Search of Powder by Jeremy Evans is funny, irreverent, hedonistic, saucy, insightful, and ski-obsessed. Much like the ski bums detailed within.”—Rob Story, editor at large of Powder and Skiing magazines"A provocative new book."—Sam McManis, Sacramento Bee"[A] superb book about ski towns like ours."—George Shirk, Mammoth Times"Evans' book chronicles all this in fine details, gathered over several seasons of boarding and interviewing. He has all the history, all the names and all the places. If you're an ex-ski bum, this is required reading. If you remember those days, ditto. Or if you just like tales of men and women on the edge, give it a read. And keep an eye out for Evans, he's still riding our slopes."—Sam Bauman, Nevada Appeal"In Search of Powder is a comprehensive, well-written and well-reasoned homage to a lifestyle that many of us yearn for, secretly or otherwise."—Ted Holteen, Durango Herald"Evans tells the story of quintessentially American characters—rejecting materialism, taking risks, following their own paths—and of the glories and pitfalls their lifestyles present."—ForeWord e-newsletterTable of ContentsForeword by Glen PlakeAcknowledgmentsIntroduction Chapter 1 - Shangri-laChapter 2 - Den of the Face RatsChapter 3 - Suburbanite Ski BumsChapter 4 - Ski Town InvasionChapter 5 - Resorting to MadnessChapter 6 - Swift, Silent, DeepChapter 7 - Kodak CourageEpilogueBibliography
£16.14
University of Nebraska Press Playing with the Big Boys Basketball American
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Antolihao provides a well-crafted narrative of the historical and social discourse of basketball in the Philippines."—Chad Carlson, Journal of Sport History"Antolihao has written a very interesting study that nobody working on Philippine basketball and baseball can ignore."—Stefan Hübner, Journal of Asian American Studies“Attentive to the ways in which so many aspects of political and national discourse intersect with the game of basketball. Any historians working on Philippine history or the history of sport and colonialism would be well served by reading this work.”—Andrew D. Morris, professor of history at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsList of TablesAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Spheroid of Influence: Sports, Colonization, Modernity2. From Baseball Colony to Basketball Republic: Postcolonial Transition and National Sporting Culture3. The Hollywoodization of Hoops: Basketball, Mass Media, Popular Culture4. Rooting for the Underdog: Sports, Spectatorship, Subalternity5. Basketball without Borders: Globalization and National Sports in Postcolonial ContextConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
£40.50
University of Nebraska Press Field of Schemes
Book SynopsisA play-by-play account of how the drive for sports stadiums and arenas drains $2 billion a year from public treasuries for the sake of private profit. While the millionaires who own sports franchises have seen the value of their assets soar under this scheme, taxpayers, urban residents, and sports fans have all come out losers.Trade Review“A thoughtful and comprehensive examination of the curious issue of love and money in sport.”—Frank Deford, Senior Contributing Writer at Sports Illustrated and author of The Entitled“A well-written and poignant analysis of America's stadium mess.”—Andrew Zimbalist, Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics, Smith College, and author of In the Best Interests of Baseball? The Revolutionary Reign of Bud Selig“Field of Schemes is a superb work of investigative reporting and righteous indignation. The fan pays twice: once for the stadium and again for the ticket to get into the stadium. If enough fans read it, we could break this cycle.”—Allen Barra, sports columnist for the Wall Street Journal and author of The Last Coach: A Life of Paul “Bear” Bryant“This is as crystal clear as it gets. Field of Schemes shows exactly how your tax dollars end up in the pockets of sports team owners and players in our fake democracy.”—Jim Bouton, author of Ball Four and Foul Ball“If this book had been around for the Greeks to read, they would have learned that they should’ve billed Troy for the horse.”—Molly Ivins, newspaper columnist, political commentator, and best-selling author"In exposing the template used by greedy owners and corrupt politicians, the authors have provided a great service for concerned public officials and fans who no longer have to sit in silence."—Christopher Keshock, NINETable of ContentsPreface to the New Edition by Neil deMause Introduction: The View from the Cheap Seats 1. A Tale of Two Inner Cities2. Stealing Home 3. Ball Barons 4. The Art of the Steal5. Deus Ex Pizza6. Home Field Advantage 7. Local Heroes 8. Bad Neighbors 9. Repeat Offenders 10. The Bucks Stop Here 11. Winning Isn't Everything 12. Extra Innings 13. The Art of the Steal Revisited 14. Youppi! Come Home 15. The Perfect Storm 16. Saving Fenway Acknowledgments Notes Index
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University of Nebraska Press The Black Migrant Athlete
Book SynopsisAnalyses the construction of race in Western societies through a study of the black African migrant athlete. Munene Franjo Mwaniki presents ten black African migrant athletes as a conceptual starting point to interrogate the nuances of white supremacy and of the migrant and immigrant experience with a global perspective.Trade Review"Using extensive archival news database research, the author examines representations of these athletes in terms of racial and national stereotypes. Mwaniki's particular strength here is in his multilayered analyses. He skillfully examines how the athletes themselves navigate both positive and negative media representations, explores the ways their reactions impact their identity, and finally considers what those representations mean to the larger African and Western communities. Scholars of race, media, and nationalism, among other areas, will find this work to be a valuable contribution to the field."—A. Curtis, Choice"Mwaniki’s text is an absolute must read: it is groundbreaking, captivating, eye-opening, and truly innovative in its discussions of the representation of the Black African migrant. . . . Whether situated in the United States, the United Kingdom, or any other part of the Western world, I implore scholars to read this book and engage with its dominant messages."—Rory Magrath, American Journal of Sociology“Engaging, timely, and important, The Black Migrant Athlete carves out new ground within discussions of sport and society with its focus on migration, African athletes, and media representations. Truly novel and innovative, this is a must-read.”—David J. Leonard, author of Playing While White “The Black Migrant Athlete is a fascinating analysis of media representations of African immigrant athletes. . . . Mwaniki expertly shows that [a] contradiction lies at the heart of paternalistic loathing that greets even the most privileged African immigrants to the West.”—Monica McDermott, associate professor of sociology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and author of Working Class White: The Making and Unmaking of Race Relations “Ground-breaking. . . . An original and timely text that encourages us to think globally, historically, and critically about the myriad situated ways that black migrant athletes are rendered variously similar and Other in the Western imagination.”—Daniel Burdsey, deputy head of research in the School of Sport and Service Management at the University of Brighton and author of Race, Place, and the Seaside: Postcards from the Edge Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction: Black African Immigration to the West 1. Race and Sport: Situating the Black African Athlete 2. Everyday Othering: Boundary Making and Maintenance 3. Model Minorities: Origin Stories, Hard Workers, and Humanitarians 4. “Bad” Blacks: Contingent Acceptance and Essentialized Blackness 5. Immigrant Reception: Nationalism, Identity, Politics, and Resistance 6. The Diasporic Athlete: Blackness and Meaning in the African Diaspora 7. The Sporting Migrant: Antiblack Racism and the Foreign Other Appendix A: Methodology and Data-Gathering Procedures Appendix B: Individuals in the Study Notes Bibliography Index
£35.10
University of Nebraska Press Football
Book SynopsisFootball. Far more than a game, America's favourite spectator sport is an intrinsic part of the nation's popular culture - a proving ground for high school athletes, a springboard for stars, a multimillion-dollar business, and a vast entertainment enterprise. Football: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture provides a detailed look at America's pastime through the lens of pop culture.Trade Review"Armchair quarterbacks as well as pop-culture junkies will enjoy diving into this informative and wide-ranging A-Z rundown on the players, teams, epic match-ups, concepts, equipment, expressions and other assorted gridiron odds 'n' ends that have made football an intrinsic part of American life."—Neil Pond, American Profile"From African Americans to the number Zero, this clever and informative book is designed to acquaint you with the developments in the game, the major players, coaches and innovators, and the cultural influences on (and from) the great game of football."—Doc Kirby, Book Bit, WTBF-AM/FM"A treasure trove of information for fans and history/culture lovers alike."—Kevin Holtsberry, Collected Miscellany"For those who want a better overall understanding of the gridiron game, Football: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture . . . is an excellent starting point."—Ron Kaplan, ForeWord"[Football: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture] is an interesting collection of items and essays. . . . It is a reference work worthy of a library, whether university, public, or personal."—Richard C. Crepeau, AreteTable of ContentsPreface African Americans (College) African Americans (Professional) Agents All-America Football Conference American Football League (i, ii, iii) American Football League (iv) American Indians Apparel Arctic Football Arena Football AstroTurf Autry, Carlos Alan (b. 1952) Baugh, Samuel Adrian (Slingin’ Sammy, the Texas Tornado) (19142008) Bednarik, Charles Philip (Concrete Charlie) (b. 1925) Belichick, William Stephen (b. 1952) Big Hit Black College Football Bowden, Robert Cleckler (Bobby) (b. 1929) Bowl Games Bradshaw, Terry Paxton (b. 1948) Brady, Thomas Edward, Jr. (b. 1977) Brown, James Nathaniel (b. 1936) Brown, Johnny Mack (the Dothan Antelope) (19041974) Brown, Paul Eugene (19081991) Bryant, Paul William (Bear) (19131983) Camp, Walter Chauncey (the Father of American Football) (18591925) Canadian Football League Canton Bulldogs Carlisle Indian Industrial School Celebrations Cheating Cheerleaders Coin Toss Commercials and Advertisements Commissioners Concussions Cosell, Howard William (19181995) Crime Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Davis, Allen (Al) (b. 1929) Davis, Ernie (the Elmira Express) (19391963) Disabilities Ditka, Michael Keller, Jr. (Iron Mike, Da Coach) (b. 1939) Dogfighting Downtown Athletic Club Draft Drive, The Dropkick Education Eliot, Charles William (18341926) Elway, John Albert (b. 1960) Equipment Extreme Football Eyeglasses Falwell, Jerry Lamon (19332007) Fantasy Football Favre, Brett Lorenzo (b. 1969) Films Fitzgerald, F. (Francis) Scott Key (18961940) Flag Football Flying Wedge Forward Pass Four Horsemen of Notre Dame Friday Night Lights Gambling Gangs and Street Violence Gibbs, Joe Jackson (b. 1940) Gifford, Frank Newton (the Giffer) (b. 1930) Gil Thorp Gipp, George (the Gipper) (18951920) Globalism Golden Dome Graham, Otto Everett, Jr. (Automatic Otto) (19212003) Grambling State University Grandfathers Grange, Harold Edward (Red, the Galloping Ghost) (19031991) Greatest Game Greene, Charles Edward Joseph (Mean Joe) (b. 1946) Gridiron Gun Violence “Hail Mary” Pass Halas, George Stanley (Papa Bear) (18951983) Hall of Fame (College) Hall of Fame (Professional) Hay, Ralph E. (18911944) Hayes, Wayne Woodrow (Woody) (19131987) Heffelfinger, William W. (Pudge) (18671954) Heisman, John William (18691936) Heisman Trophy Hirsch, Elroy Leon (Crazylegs) (19232004) Hnida, Katharine Anne (Katie) (b. 1981) Holy Roller Hornung, Paul Vernon (the Golden Boy) (b. 1935) Hudson, Donald Edward (b. 1929) Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Ice Bowl Immaculate Reception Instant Replay Internet Ivy League Jackson, Vincent Edward (Bo) (b. 1962) Jewelry (Bling) Katrina (Hurricane) Kennedy, John F., Assassination of Kerouac, Jack (Jean Louis Lebris de Kerouac) (19221969) Kickoffs Korean War Labor-Management Relations Landry, Thomas Wade (19242) Language Leahy, Francis William (Frank) (19081973) Literature Little Rock Central Tigers Lombardi, Vincent Thomas (19131970) Madden, John Earl (b. 1936) Magazines Manning, Peyton Williams (b. 1976) Marino, Daniel Constantine, Jr. (b. 1961) Marshall University Air Tragedy Mascots and Team Names McNally, John Victor (Johnny Blood, the Vagabond Halfback) (19031985) Middle Age Monday Night Football Montana, Joseph Clifford (the Comeback Kid, Joe Cool) (b. 1956) Moss, Randy Gene (b. 1977) Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside Music Nagurski, Bronislaw (Bronko) (19081990) Namath, Joseph William (Joe Willie, Broadway Joe) (b. 1943) Newspapers Newsreels nfl Junior Player Development Nicknames Obesity Officials (Zebras) Ohio League Olsen, Merlin Jay (b. 1940) Oorang Indians Page, Alan Cedric (b. 1945) Parcells, Duane Charles (Bill, the Big Tuna) (b. 1941) Parseghian, Ara Raoul (b. 1923) Paterno, Joseph Vincent (JoPa) (b. 1926) Payton, Walter Jerry (Sweetness) (19541999) Peanuts Perfection Perry, William Anthony (the Refrigerator, the Fridge) (b. 1962) Plimpton, George Ames (19272003) Poe, Edgar Allan (18091849) Politicians Pollard, Frederick Douglass (Fritz) (18941986) Pop Warner Little Scholars Practice Squad Presidents of the United States Professional Football Origins Punt, Pass & Kick Purdue’s Golden Girl Quarterback Radio Radio Helmet Religion Retirement Rice, Grantland (18801954) Rice, Jerry Lee (World) (b. 1962) Rivalries Robeson, Paul Leroy Bustill (18981976) Robinson, Eddie Gay (19192007) Rockne, Knute Kenneth (18881931) Rooney Rule Rugby Saban, Nick Lou (b. 1951) Sanders, Barry David (b. 1968) Sanders, Deion Luwynn (Neon Deion, Prime Time) (b. 1967) Sayers, Gale Eugene (b. 1943) Scouts September 11 Terrorist Attacks Sexuality Shotgun Formation Shula, Donald Francis (b. 1930) Simpson, Orenthal James (O.J., the Juice) (b. 1947) Six-Man (Eight- and Nine-Man) Football Stagg, Amos Alonzo (the Grand Old Man of the Midway) (18621965) Substance Abuse Subway Alumni Suicide Super Bowl Tailgating Tank McNamara Taylor, Lawrence Julius (b. 1959) Television Broadcasting Text Messaging/Instant Messaging Thanksgiving Thorpe, James Francis (Wa-Tho-Huk) (18881953) Tillman, Patrick Daniel (19762004) Title ix Tittle, Yelberton Abraham (Y.A.) (b. 1926) Tomlinson, LaDainian (lt) (b. 1979) Touch Football Touchdown Jesus Trades Trading Cards Trick Plays Triple Crown Unitas, John Constantine (Johnny U, the Golden Arm) (19332002) United States Football League Upshaw, Eugene Thurman, Jr. (19452008) Vietnam War Walker, Ewell Doak, Jr. (the Doaker, Dynamite Doak, Dauntless Doak) (19271998) Walsh, William Ernest (the Genius) (19312007) Ward, Arch (the Cecil B. de Mille of Sports) (18961955) Warner, Glen Scobey (Pop) (18711954) Wheaties White, Byron Raymond (Whizzer) (19172002) White, Reginald Howard (Reggie, the Minister of Defense) (19612004) Wild Card Wildfires Williams, Errick Lynne, Jr. (Ricky) (b. 1977) Wine Women Players World Football League World War i World War ii X’s and O’s Yost, Fielding Harris (Hurry Up) (18711946) Young, Jon Steven (Steve) (b. 1961) Zero Index
£21.59
University of Nebraska Press We Average Unbeautiful Watchers
Book SynopsisSports fandom determines how millions of Americans define themselves. In We Average Unbeautiful Watchers, Noah Cohan examines contemporary sports culture to show how mass-mediated athletics are in fact richly textured narrative entertainments rather than merely competitive displays.Trade Review"Cohan's book will appeal to cultural critics, fans of all stripes, and American Studies scholars as it thoroughly and convincingly examines an understudied and undertheorized perspective of the Sport(s) Media Industrial Complex."—Scott D. Peterson, Sports Literature Association"For a different look at sports fandom, this is a book well worth checking out."—Lance Smith, Guy Who Reviews Sports Books“This is a first-rate contribution to the field of sports studies and an important work for scholars within literary studies. The thoroughness and breadth of this interdisciplinary research is breathtaking. But more impressive still is the deft and precise manner in which Noah Cohan has brought the many and varied concepts and sources to bear to clarify our understanding of his objects of study and of his argument. He manages to be at once engaging, vivid, interesting, and crystal clear. . . . This book is a pioneering and genuinely unique contribution.”—Yago Colás, professor of English at Oberlin College and author of Ball Don’t Lie: Myth, Genealogy, and Invention in the Cultures of Basketball“Noah Cohan’s We Average Unbeautiful Watchers offers novel ways of thinking about and contextualizing sports fandom as an important, diverse, complex, and artful creative practice. It brings together an eclectic range of source material to broaden understandings of fandom beyond its stereotypical roots in ‘fanaticism’ and association with torso-painted and hollering bros to explain this phenomenon’s contested politics and cultural work.”—Travis Vogan, author of ABC Sports: The Rise and Fall of Network Sports Television “Noah Cohan deftly demonstrates that, far from mindless entertainment, sports fandom is an enormously complex and significant form of human meaning-making. Analyzing sports fan narratives across a staggering range of media, Cohan draws us into the inner and the social lives of American sports fans, which are by turns disturbing, fascinating, and inspiring.”—Erin C. Tarver, associate professor of philosophy at Oxford College of Emory University and author of The I in Team: Sports Fandom and the Reproduction of IdentityTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. So We Fabricate: Baseball and the Unfriendly Confines of History 2. It was My Fate, My Destiny, My End, to Be a Fan: Football, Mental Illness, and the Autobiographical Novel 3. Race in the Basketball Memoir: Fan Identity and the Eros of “a Black Man’s Game” 4. It’s Been a Problem with Me and Women: Failed Masculinities in Depictions of Sports Fans on Film 5. Reimagined Communities: Web-Mediated Fandom and New Narrative Possibilities for Sport Epilogue: Feminist Rewritings of Sports Fan Culture Notes Bibliography Index
£31.50
Beacon Press Leveling the Ice
£22.88
Scarecrow Press The Native American Mascot Controversy A Handbook
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe contributors link the history and significance of Native American mascots to ongoing struggles for social justice. Rejecting the idea that mascots are limited to sporting events, the authors persuasively argue that they are instead representative of dominant attitudes that both distance and dehumanize Native people. Hardly seeing mascots as an "honor," the authors trace how Native American mascots are based on an idea of a savage male opponent that will be vilified and humiliated by opposing teams. The book is aimed squarely at those working in higher education, for a school that endorses inaccurate, ahistorical images of Native Americans is hardly a safe space for Native students. The text compiles speeches, articles, policies, and resolutions that have been previously published, usually for a specific targeted audience. The value of this text is that it details both the scope and diversity of the opposition to Native American sports mascots. Oriented toward directing action on the part of readers to both educate and resist, the book can be viewed as a supplement to other sources, such as the Jay Rosenstein film In Whose Honor? (1997). Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries. * CHOICE *
£57.60
University of Pennsylvania Press Slantwise Moves
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Slantwise Moves is an important contribution to a materialist history and analysis of the ideological work of amusement cultures in the United States . . . While scholars narrowly focused on video games may find the promise of some terms unfulfilled, Guerra presents a nuanced set of readings that has something to offer every scholar working along on the diagonal line of literature, games, and history." * Modern Philology *"Guerra offers an important advance in thinking about games in relation to the major currents of American history. More than a reflection of ideology or a product of social relations, games are sites where individuals could rehearse and transform their repertoires of social life." * American Journal of Play *"Slantwise Moves recovers forgotten nineteenth-century games from obscurity and interprets them as part of a history of American selfhood or agency, reading them against and in relation to other nineteenth-century cultural productions. This important and original book will prove compelling for Americanists, especially scholars of nineteenth-century literature and the history of the book, but will also find readers among anyone with an interest in games and game studies." * Lisa Gitelman, New York University *
£52.70
University Press of Florida Baseball and Cultural Heritage
Book SynopsisBaseball’s past has been lauded, romanticized, and idealized, and much has been written about both the sport and its history. This is the first volume to explore the understudied side of baseball - how its heritage is understood, interpreted, commodified, and performed for various purposes today.
£67.50
The University Press of Kentucky We Will Win The Day
Book SynopsisExamines the history of black activist athletes.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Democracy in Action White Allies The Press and the People Deep Down in Dixie The Ban and the Banner African American Athletes and Activism The Revolt of the Black Athlete Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
£21.85
The Catholic University of America Press Goal A Cultural and Social History of Modern
Book SynopsisCovers the history of the beautiful game from its origins in English public schools in the early 19th century to its current role as a crucial element of a globalized entertainment industry. The authors explain how football transformed from a sport at elite boarding schools in England to become a pastime popular with the working classes.Trade ReviewThis fascinating history of football in its social and cultural context offers many fresh insights. Grounded in sound scholarship, but written in an engaging and accessible style, it will be of considerable interest to football fans as well as being a core text for courses in sports history.""- Wyn Grant, University of Warwick and coeditor of The Transformation of European Football, blogs at Addicks Championship Diary and The Political Economy of Football.
£25.46
John Wiley & Sons Testing for Athlete Citizenship Regulating Doping and Sex in Sport Critical Issues in Sport and Society
Book SynopsisIncidents of doping in sports are common in news headlines, despite regulatory efforts. How did doping become a crisis? Who gets punished for breaking the rules of fair play? Kathryn E. Henne, a former competitive athlete and an expert in the law and science of anti-doping regulations, examines the development of rules aimed at controlling performance enhancement in international sports.Trade Review"With sophisticated analysis and descriptive prose, Testing for Athlete Citizenship offers provocative arguments. Author Kathryn Henne breaks new ground in showing that testing practices are not just about catching 'cheaters,' but are implicated in corporal, gendered, economic, and postcolonial ideologies." -- Mary G. McDonald * Homer C. Rice Chair in Sports and Society, Georgia Institute of Technology *"A masterpiece of hybrid governance. This book chronicles with nuance the entire global history of a regulatory regime, yet through a micro lens, through the eyes and bodies of colonized athletes. A landmark of gendered and racialized problematics of fair play." -- John Braithwaite * Distinguished Professor at the Australian National University *"Even though anti-doping regulation and gender verification testing were not implemented until the late 1960s, the ways in which Henne demonstrates how the definition of athlete citizenship these practices circumscribed embedded older notions of ideal athleticism suggest her conceptualization of athletes as a specific caste of citizens could intriguingly influence scholars of sport studying a range of time periods." * Sport in American History *"Henne expands beyond an examination of doping control and looks more broadly at other forms of biomedicalized surveillance." * Journal of Sport History *"In Testing for Athlete Citizenship, Henne achieves a difficult task in providing a compelling, thought-provoking analysis of an intangible gate-keeping structure in sport, based on the concept of ‘athlete citizenship.’" * Sport, Ethics and Philosophy *"In Testing for Athlete Citizenship Henne achieves a difficult task in providing a compelling, thought-provoking analysis of an intangible gate-keeping structure in sport, based on the concept of ‘athlete citizenship.’" * Sport, Ethics and Philosophy *Table of Contents PrefaceList of Abbreviations1 Introduction2 Diagnosing Doping: The Institutionalization of the Moral Crusade3 Codifying the Code: The Legalization of Anti-Doping Regulation4 Impossible Purities: The Gendered Science of Fair Play5 A Pure Playing Field Nation: The Curious Case of New Zealand6 ConclusionAppendix Research Methods: On Secrets and Multi-Sited StorytellingNotesBibliographyIndex
£105.40
