Physical Culture, Power, and the Body

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• During the past decade, there has been an outpouring of books on 'the body' in society, but none has focused as specifically on physical culture - tha... Lees meer

Culture, Politics and Sport

Garry Whannel

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• 'Whannel is a foundational figure in the study of sports and the media. ...For 20 years his writing has set a high standard ...and it remains an inspi... Lees meer

Olympic Media

Andrew C Billings

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• Located in the United States, NBC (National Broadcasting Company) is the biggest and most powerful Olympic network in the world, having won the rights... Lees meer

The Cultural Politics of Lifestyle Sports

Belinda Wheaton

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• This important new study examines the changing place and meaning of lifestyle sports - parkour, surfing, skateboarding, kite-surfing and others - and ... Lees meer

The Gay Games

Caroline Symons

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• The Gay Games is an important piece of new social history, examining one of the largest sporting, cultural and human rights events in the world. Since... Lees meer

Power and Politics in World Athletics

Jörg Krieger

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• This book provides the first detailed history of one of the most powerful international sport organisations, the International Association of Athletic... Lees meer

British Asians and Football

Daniel Burdsey

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• In spite of a great passion in the game and significant involvement at amateur level, British Asians are under-represented in professional football. T... Lees meer

Olympic Media

Andrew Billings

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• Located in the United States, NBC (National Broadcasting Company) is the biggest and most powerful Olympic network in the world, having won the rights... Lees meer

Celebration Capitalism and the Olympic Games

Jules Boykoff

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• The Olympic Games have become the world's greatest media and marketing event--a global celebration of exceptional athletics gilded with corporate cash... Lees meer

Why Sports Morally Matter

William Morgan

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• When we accept that advertisers and sponsors dictate athletic schedules, that success in sport is measured by revenue, that athletes' loyalties lie wi... Lees meer

Olympic Exclusions

Jacqueline Kennelly

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• Olympic Games are sold to host city populations on the basis of legacy commitments that incorporate aid for the young and the poor. Yet little is know... Lees meer

Fastest, Highest, Strongest

Rob Beamish, Ian Ritchie

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• Fastest, Highest, Strongest presents a comprehensive challenge to the dominant orthodoxy concerning the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport. E... Lees meer

Soccer, Culture and Society in Spain

Mariann Vaczi

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• Spanish soccer is on top of the world, at international and club level, with the best teams and a seemingly endless supply of exciting and stylish pla... Lees meer

Understanding Lifestyle Sport

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• The past decade has seen a tremendous growth in the popularity of activities like skateboarding and snowboarding; sports that have been labelled as 'e... Lees meer

Why Sports Morally Matter

William Morgan

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• When we accept that advertisers and sponsors dictate athletic schedules, that success in sport is measured by revenue, that athletes' loyalties lie wi... Lees meer

Physical Culture, Power, and the Body

• Hardcover | Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• This book explores meanings and representations of body in relation to our physical cultures - our traditions of cultural practices such as sport and ... Lees meer

Power and Politics in World Athletics

Jörg Krieger

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• This book provides the first detailed history of one of the most powerful international sport organisations, the International Association of Athletic... Lees meer

Fastest, Highest, Strongest

Rob Beamish, Ian Ritchie

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• Fastest, Highest, Strongest presents a comprehensive challenge to the dominant orthodoxy concerning the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport. E... Lees meer

Soccer, Culture and Society in Spain

Mariann Vaczi

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• Spanish soccer is on top of the world, at international and club level, with the best teams and a seemingly endless supply of exciting and stylish pla... Lees meer

Understanding Lifestyle Sport

• Hardcover | Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• This collection of innovative studies represents the first serious academic investigation of the popularity, significance and meaning of 'lifestyle' s... Lees meer

British Asians and Football

Daniel Burdsey

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• In spite of a great passion in the game and significant involvement at amateur level, British Asians are under-represented in professional football. T... Lees meer

Olympic Exclusions

Jacqueline Kennelly

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• Olympic Games are sold to host city populations on the basis of legacy commitments that incorporate aid for the young and the poor. Yet little is know... Lees meer

Race, Gender and Sport

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• The experiences of ethnic 'Other' females have - until recently - been widely overlooked in the study of sport. There continues to be a need to produc... Lees meer

Celebration Capitalism and the Olympic Games

Jules Boykoff

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Critical Studies in Sport
• The Olympic Games have become the world's greatest media and marketing event--a global celebration of exceptional athletics gilded with corporate cash... Lees meer