Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
Rethinking Olympic Legacy
1st Edition
By Vassil Girginov
December 05, 2019
How do Olympic legacies come about? This book offers an alternative approach to the study of Olympic and mega-sport event legacy, challenging how legacy is conceptualised and practised. It shifts the focus from legacy as a retrospective concept concerned with what has been left behind after the ...
Women, Sport and Exercise in the Asia-Pacific Region: Domination, Resistance, Accommodation
1st Edition
Edited
By Gyozo Molnar, Sara N. Amin, Yoko Kanemasu
December 05, 2019
Although socio-cultural issues in relation to women within the fields of sport and exercise have been extensively researched, this research has tended to concentrate on the Western world. Women, Sport and Exercise in the Asia-Pacific Region moves the conversation away entirely from Western contexts...
Corruption, Mafia Power and Italian Soccer
1st Edition
By Alberto Testa, Anna Sergi
December 03, 2019
Whilst corruption and organized crime have been widely researched, they have not yet been specifically linked to sport. Corruption, Mafia Power and Italian Soccer offers an original insight into this new research area. Adopting a psycho-social approach based mainly on Pierre Bourdieu's praxeology, ...
Politics and Identity in Chinese Martial Arts
1st Edition
By Lu Zhouxiang
November 28, 2019
Chinese martial arts is considered by many to symbolise the strength of the Chinese and their pride in their history, and has long been regarded as an important element of Chinese culture and national identity. Politics and Identity in Chinese Martial Arts comprehensively examines the development ...
Surfing and Sustainability
1st Edition
By Gregory Borne
November 28, 2019
Surfing and Sustainability presents a new way of understanding the impact of surfing on the environment, society and the economy, providing important insights into the field of sustainability and arguing that the activity of surfing offers a unique opportunity to explore the ambiguity of ...
The Aesthetics, Poetics, and Rhetoric of Soccer
1st Edition
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By Ridvan Askin, Catherine Diederich, Aline Bieri
November 28, 2019
Soccer has long been known as 'the beautiful game'. This multi-disciplinary volume explores soccer, soccer culture, and the representation of soccer in art, film, and literature, using the critical tools of aesthetics, poetics, and rhetoric. Including international contributions from scholars of ...
Sport and National Identities: Globalization and Conflict
1st Edition
Edited
By Paddy Dolan, John Connolly
June 10, 2019
While globalisation has undoubtedly occurred in many social fields, in sport the importance of ‘the nation’ has remained. This book examines the continuing but contested relevance of national identities in sport within the context of globalising forces. Including case studies from around the world,...
Sport and Contested Identities: Contemporary Issues and Debates
1st Edition
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By David Hassan, Ciaran Acton
June 07, 2019
Identity is one of the most theorised and contested of all sociological concepts and sport is fertile ground for an examination of its complexities. This book offers a wide-ranging and up-to-date exploration of the sport-identity nexus, drawing examples from a variety of sporting contexts and ...
Sport and Peace-Building in Divided Societies: Playing with Enemies
1st Edition
By John Sugden, Alan Tomlinson
May 14, 2019
Sport is a cultural institution that stands at the interface between political and civil society. In divided communities, sport has been an agent of separation, sectarian hatred and violence, but also a highly effective tool for conflict resolution, reconciliation and peace-building. In this ...
Sport in Korea: History, development, management
1st Edition
Edited
By Dae Hee Kwak, Yong Jae Ko, Inkyu Kang, Mark Rosentraub
February 05, 2019
Korea has become a powerful force in global sport, with South Korea finishing fifth in the medals table at London 2012 and hosting the Winter Olympics in 2018. This book brings together scholars from disciplines including sport history, sociology, journalism, economics, sport development, and sport...
Lifestyle Sports and Public Policy
1st Edition
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By Daniel Turner, Sandro Carnicelli
February 04, 2019
Lifestyle Sports and Public Policy is the first book to develop a comprehensive understanding of the interplay between lifestyle sports and the public policy environment which frames and regulates them. Drawing on a wide range of lifestyle sports from across the globe, including parkour, ...
The Feminization of Sports Fandom: A Sociological Study
1st Edition
By Stacey Pope
February 04, 2019
Women fans have entered the traditionally male domain of the sports stadium in growing numbers in recent years. Watching professional sport is important for women for so many reasons, but their expectations and experiences have been largely ignored by academics. This book tackles these shortcomings...