Iron Dads

Diana Tracy Cohen

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Issues in Sport and Society
• Among the most difficult athletic events a person can attempt, the iron-distance triathlon-a 140.6 mile competition-requires an intense prerace traini... Lees meer

Sport, Physical Culture, and the Moving Body

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Sport and Society
• 2020 Choice ​ Outstanding Academic Title The moving body--pervasively occupied by fitness activities, intense training and dieting regimes, recreation... Lees meer

Discipline and Indulgence

Jeffrey Montez De Oca

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Sport and Society
• Winner of the 2014 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) Outstanding Book Award The early Cold War (1947-1964) was a time of optim... Lees meer

Child's Play

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Issues in Sport and Society
• Is sport good for kids? When answering this question, both critics and advocates of youth sports tend to fixate on matters of health, whether condemni... Lees meer

Indian Spectacle

Jennifer Guiliano

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Sport and Society
• Amid controversies surrounding the team mascot and brand of the Washington Redskins in the National Football League and the use of mascots by K-12 sch... Lees meer

Activism and the Olympics

Jules Boykoff

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Sport and Society
• The Olympics have developed into the world's premier sporting event. They are simultaneously a competitive exhibition and a grand display of cooperati... Lees meer

Why Would Anyone Do That?

Stephen C Poulson

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Issues in Sport and Society
• Triathlons, such as the famously arduous Ironman Triathlon, and "extreme" mountain biking-hair-raising events held over exceedingly dangerous terrain-... Lees meer

Why Would Anyone Do That?

Stephen C Poulson

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Sport and Society
• Triathlons, such as the famously arduous Ironman Triathlon, and "extreme" mountain biking-hair-raising events held over exceedingly dangerous terrain-... Lees meer

Soccer in Mind

Andrew M Guest

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Issues in Sport and Society
• From the FIFA World Cup to pick-up games at your local park, soccer is the closest thing in our world to a universal entertainment. Many writers use t... Lees meer

Testing for Athlete Citizenship

Kathryn E Henne

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Issues in Sport and Society
• Incidents of doping in sports are common in news headlines, despite regulatory efforts. How did doping become a crisis? What does a doping violation a... Lees meer

Activism and the Olympics

Jules Boykoff

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Issues in Sport and Society
• The Olympics have developed into the world's premier sporting event. They are simultaneously a competitive exhibition and a grand display of cooperati... Lees meer

Soccer in Mind

Andrew M Guest

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Sport and Society
• From the FIFA World Cup to pick-up games at your local park, soccer is the closest thing in our world to a universal entertainment. Many writers use t... Lees meer

Kicking Center

Rachel Allison

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Sport and Society
• Winner of the 2018 Early Career Gender Scholar Award from the Sociologists for Women in Society-South Girls and young women participate in soccer at r... Lees meer

Child's Play

Messner Michael

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Sport and Society
• Is sport good for kids? When answering this question, both critics and advocates of youth sports tend to fixate on matters of health, whether condemni... Lees meer

Indian Spectacle

Jennifer Guiliano

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Issues in Sport and Society
• Amid controversies surrounding the team mascot and brand of the Washington Redskins in the National Football League and the use of mascots by K-12 sch... Lees meer

Testing for Athlete Citizenship

Kathryn E Henne

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Sport and Society
• Incidents of doping in sports are common in news headlines, despite regulatory efforts. How did doping become a crisis? What does a doping violation a... Lees meer

Iron Dads

Diana Tracy Cohen

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Sport and Society
• Among the most difficult athletic events a person can attempt, the iron-distance triathlon-a 140.6 mile competition-requires an intense prerace traini... Lees meer

Discipline and Indulgence

Jeffrey Montez De Oca

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Issues in Sport and Society
• Winner of the 2014 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) Outstanding Book Award The early Cold War (1947-1964) was a time of optim... Lees meer