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Sociology of Sport and Social Theory
Sociology Of Sport And Social
Theory
    Recognises sociology of
    sport as an important
    subject area for general
    sociologists to consider
    as a rich area of
    research possibility,
    showing sport
    sociologists to the
    social theories that have
    built up the general
    discipline. This book
    exposes readers to the
    thinking of great
    sociologists such as
    Weber, Mills, Denzin
    and Elias.
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Sport and Challenges to Racism
Sport And Challenges To Racism
    With an international
    line-up of contributors,
    this book examines
    challenges to racism in
    and through sport. It
    addresses the different
    agents of change in the
    context of wider
    socio-political shifts
    and explores issues of
    policy formation,
    practices in sport and
    anti-racism in sport,
    and the challenge to
    sport today.
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Gaming the World
Gaming The World
    Professional sports have
    become a global force, a
    common language that
    anyone, regardless of
    their nationality, can
    understand. Yet sports
    also remain distinctly
    local. This book examines
    the 21st-century
    phenomenon of global
    sports, in which
    professional teams and
    their players have become
    agents of globalization.
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Sport, Politics and Society in the Arab World
Sport, Politics And Society In
The Arab World
    This book explores the
    significance of sport in
    the understanding of past
    and current societal
    dynamics in the Arab
    world. It examines sport
    in relation to cultural,
    political and economic
    changes in the Arab
    World, including
    nation-state building,
    the formation of national
    identity and
    international relations
    in post-colonial context.
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Olympic Games, Mega-events and Civil Societies
Olympic Games, Mega-events And
Civil Societies
    This volume explores
    sporting mega-events,
    their social, political,
    and cultural characters,
    the value systems that
    they inscribe and draw
    on, the claims they make
    on us and the claims the
    organisers make for them,
    the spatial and ethical
    relationships they
    create, and the
    responses of civil
    societies to them.
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Sport, Media and Society
Sport, Media And Society
    Sport is an integral
    component of media, from
    prime-time television to
    interactive websites.
    Analysing sport in its
    diverse mediated forms,
    this book covers
    techniques of analysis
    for film, TV,
    newspapers, magazines,
    advertisements, spaces
    such as stadia and
    museums, and the
    internet. It is suitable
    for students of media and
    sports studies.
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Sport Under Communism
Sport Under Communism
    Based on original Stasi
    and Communist Party
    archival sources, this
    book uncovers why East
    Germany was for two
    decades running one of
    the most successful
    nations in the Summer and
    Winter Olympics,
    exploring how the central
    elite sports system was
    beset by internal
    tensions and disputes.
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Sport, Media and Society
Sport, Media And Society
    A guide to analysing
    sport in its diverse
    mediated forms. It
    features the techniques
    of analysis for film,
    TV, newspapers,
    magazines,
    advertisements, spaces
    such as stadia and
    museums, and the
    internet. It explores the
    ambiguous and shifting
    cultural politics of
    sport through case
    studies, drawn from
    across the UK and USA.
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Sport, Masculinities and the Body
Sport, Masculinities And The
Body
    Explores masculinity and
    the body within sports.
    This book highlights the
    social processes which
    impact upon individual
    constructions and
    formulations of masculine
    identity and reviews
    these in relation to
    broader debates on
    gender, embodiment and
    sporting participation.
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Sport, Policy and Development
Sport, Policy And Development
    Who makes sport policy
    and why do we need it?
    What is the purpose of
    sport development
    programmes? This book
    answers these questions
    and more by closely
    examining the complex
    relationships between
    modern sport, sport
    policy and development
    and other aspects of the
    wider society.
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Bringing Culture to the Masses
Bringing Culture To The Masses
    Cultural life in the
    former German Democratic
    Republic (GDR) was
    strictly controlled by
    the ruling party, the
    SED, who attempted to
    dictate how people spent
    their free time by
    prohibiting privately
    organized leisure time
    pursuits and offering
    instead cultural
    activities in state
    institutions and
    organizations.
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Qualitative Research for Physical Culture
Qualitative Research For
Physical Culture
    This book provides a
    guide to qualitative
    research methods in the
    multidisciplinary field
    of physical culture.
    Developing an approach
    based on the '7 Ps' of
    research, this text
    navigates a pathway
    through the research
    process that will be
    invaluable as a teaching
    tool and to experienced
    and inexperienced
    researchers alike.
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Sport, Theory and Social Problems
Sport, Theory And Social
Problems
    What impact does sport
    have on the lives of
    ordinary people? How does
    sport help to perpetuate
    inequalities in society?
    What can social theory
    tell us about the role of
    sport in society? This
    book examines social
    exclusion in sport and
    analyzes the
    socio-negative attributes
    associated with
    competitive,
    institutionalized sport,
    for those who play.
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Sport, Race & Ethnicity
Sport, Race & Ethnicity
    A collection that
    includes a range of
    topics dealing with
    sport, diversity and
    difference. It considers
    race, ethnicity and
    aboriginality in tandem.
    It features examples from
    different eras, places
    and spaces - wherein
    co-themes like
    post-colonialism, gender
    and media representation
    are embedded.
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Children
Children's And Families'
Holiday Experience
    Considers the active
    social role of children
    (0-18) and parents in
    shaping the nature of the
    family holiday
    experience. This book
    offers insights into the
    holiday desires,
    expectations and
    experiences of children
    and the families' tourism
    behaviour. It traces the
    modern history of the
    demand for and provision
    of holidays for children
    and families.
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Spas
Spas
    Recent years have seen a
    rapidly growing hotel
    business built around
    health and well-being.
    The author takes his
    readers on a journey from
    the seventeenth century
    into the present and
    shows how issues of
    hospitality, well-being
    and religious magic have
    been handled in
    commercialised settings
    throughout history.
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Fitness Culture
Fitness Culture
    This book provides a
    sociological perspective
    on fitness culture as
    developed in commercial
    gyms, investigating the
    cultural relevance of
    gyms in terms of the
    history of the
    commercialization of body
    discipline, the
    negotiation of gender
    identities and
    distinction dynamics
    within contemporary
    cultures of consumption.
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Governance, Citizenship and the New European Football Championships
Governance, Citizenship And
The New European Football
Championships
    Published as a special
    issue of "Soccer and
    Society", this
    collection of trans
    disciplinary studies on
    the UEFA Finals traces
    back the contribution of
    some of Europe's greatest
    football spectacle to the
    production of European
    spaces, identities and
    boundaries.
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From Ritual to Record
From Ritual To Record
    Originally published in
    1978, this book was one
    of the first to recognize
    the importance of sports
    as a lens on the
    fundamental structure of
    societies. In this
    reissue, Guttmann
    emphasizes the many ways
    that modern sports,
    dramatically different
    from the sports of
    previous eras, have
    profoundly shaped
    contemporary life.
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Urban Rhythms and Travel Behaviour
Urban Rhythms And Travel
Behaviour
    The availability of
    longitudinal data on
    individual trip making
    and activity behaviour
    has provided analysts
    with new insights into
    the structures and
    motives of daily life
    travel. This book
    questions what are the
    most suitable
    methodological tools to
    represent the structures
    of long-term travel
    behaviour.
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The Sage Dictionary of Leisure Studies
The Sage Dictionary Of Leisure
Studies
    What is Leisure Studies?
    Who are the key figures
    in the field? How can we
    evaluate the relevance of
    concepts in the field?
    This book examines the
    key concepts, assesses
    the work of central
    figures and helps
    students zero-in on
    useful issues and
    conceptual distinctions.
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Sport and Migration
Sport And Migration
    A collection of papers in
    which some of the leading
    international sport
    studies scholars chart
    the patterns, policies
    and personal experiences
    of labour migration
    within and around sport,
    and focuses both on the
    forces shaping modern
    sport and on the role
    that sport plays in
    shaping the world economy
    and global society.
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Pastimes
Pastimes
    Giving the foundational
    meanings and roles, this
    edition presents leisure
    as a human phenomenon
    that is individual and
    collective, vital for
    survival, frivolous,
    historical,
    contemporary, good, and
    bad. It includes
    illustrations of concepts
    through field-based case
    studies, research
    studies, biographical
    features, definitions,
    and photographs.
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Ringbearers
Ringbearers
    A focused analytical and
    investigative study of
    the game The Lord of the
    Rings Online from a range
    of cultural and design
    perspectives written by
    well-known experts in
    their fields. The essays
    collected here make an
    important contribution to
    the development of
    contemporary Game
    Studies, as well as to
    Media Studies and
    Adaptation Studies.
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Living Through the Hoop
Living Through The Hoop
    Tells the story of the
    hopes and struggles of
    one high school
    basketball team. This
    book offers a portrait of
    the players' hopes and
    aspirations and the
    difficulties they face in
    living in a poor and
    urban area - namely, the
    temptations of drugs and
    alcohol, violence in
    their communities,
    run-ins with the police,
    and unstable family
    lives.
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Stadium Worlds
Stadium Worlds
    Analyzing football as a
    cultural practice, this
    book investigates the
    connection between the
    sport and its built
    environment. It is
    suitable for lecturers
    and researchers in
    sociology, cultural
    studies, geography,
    architecture, sport and
    environment.
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The Global Football League
The Global Football League
    This book tackles issues
    of globalization in the
    English Premier League
    and unpicks what this
    means to fan groups
    around the world,
    drawing upon a range of
    sociological theories to
    tell the story of the
    local and global
    repertoires of action
    emanating from the
    popular protests at
    Liverpool and Manchester
    United football clubs.
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Sport and Society in the Global Age
Sport And Society In The
Global Age
    From play and
    participation to fandom
    and social action, sport
    forms a huge part of our
    daily lives. Encompassing
    hot topics such as
    heteronormativity,
    racism and the 'cyborg'
    athlete, this clear and
    concise text allows
    students to engage with
    the social processes,
    regulation and cultures
    of sport in a global age.
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Play Culture in a Changing World
Play Culture In A Changing
World
    The cultural context in
    which children grow up
    has a powerful influence
    on the way they play. At
    a time of rapid change in
    post-industrial
    societies, childhood
    play is changing to
    reflect children's
    experiences. This book
    enables readers to
    re-evaluate the
    contribution of play in
    childhood. It explores
    the persistence of
    fundamental play themes.
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Sport in Industrial America, 1850-1920
Sport In Industrial America,
1850-1920
    Examines the evolution of
    sport from its rural and
    urban origins as a
    less-than-respectable
    entertainment for the
    lower classes, through
    its antebellum upsurge
    when, with the
    development of a new
    sport ideology, it
    attained respectability -
    penetrating and finally
    remaking popular culture.
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Rethinking the Olympics
Rethinking The Olympics
    An anthology of essays
    that addresses key themes
    in the scholarly study of
    the Games. It presents
    seven articles devoted to
    Olympic history: the
    Games' legacy from
    antiquity, their modern
    evolution, and the most
    controversial Games of
    the modern era, the
    Berlin Games of 1936.
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As Heard on TV: Popular Music in Advertising
As Heard On TV: Popular Music
In Advertising
    Through an analysis of
    press coverage and
    interviews with
    musicians, and
    advertising creatives,
    this book considers the
    industrial changes that
    have provided a
    foundation for the
    increased use of popular
    music in advertising,
    and explores issues and
    debates surrounding media
    alliances that blur
    cultural ambitions with
    commercial goals.
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Leisure in Contemporary Society
Leisure In Contemporary
Society
    Discusses the major
    theories and debates
    within the sociology of
    leisure. Illustrated
    throughout with
    real-world examples,
    this book explores how
    leisure is changing in
    post-modern times, how
    and why work-life balance
    has become an important
    issue, whether women are
    still the disadvantaged
    sex in respect of access
    to leisure, and more.
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Leisure in Contemporary Society
Leisure In Contemporary
Society
    This text is an
    introductory text on
    leisure. It has a
    sociological perspective
    and discusses recent
    debates and research on
    topics such as
    postmodernity, consumer
    cultures and lifestyles.
    While primarily directed
    at students, it should
    also be of interest to
    leisure industry
    professionals.
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The Sociology of Gambling in China
The Sociology Of Gambling In
China
    The Sociology of Gambling
    in China is the result of
    years of teaching and
    research by Professor TJ
    Cheng at the University
    of Macau. This bold and
    far-sighted work attempts
    to analyze gambling
    behaviour in a
    systematic, all-round
    and multi-perspective
    manner.
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Dimensions of Leisure for Life
Dimensions Of Leisure For Life

    From both an
    individual and a societal
    perspective, Dimensions
    of Leisure for Life
    guides
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Play the Game
Play The Game
    Play The Game celebrates
    the British contribution
    to the development of
    sport through popular
    culture of the nineteenth
    and early twentieth
    centuries. A 31-page
    illustrated booklet
    accompanies the CD
    detailing the historical
    development of sport in
    British society of the
    period.
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Making Sense of Sports
Making Sense Of Sports
    Offers a
    multidisciplinary
    approach to the study of
    sports that combines
    anthropology, biology,
    economics, history,
    philosophy, psychology,
    and sociology with
    cultural and media
    studies. This book
    includes chapters on
    exercise culture and the
    moral climate of sports
    support.
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Play Culture in a Changing World
Play Culture In A Changing
World
    Enlivened by the voices
    of young children engaged
    in contemporary play,
    this accessible book
    enables readers to
    re-evaluate the
    contribution of play in
    childhood. It explores
    the persistence of
    fundamental play themes
    alongside new variations
    on traditional themes.
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Quest for Excitement
Quest For Excitement
    Argues that in highly
    constrained, 'civilised'
    societies, sports - as
    well as a spectrum of
    other cultural and
    leisure activities - are
    to be understood not in
    terms of 'relaxation' but
    rather of the need for
    pleasurable excitement
    and its pleasurable
    resolution.
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Sport and Society in the Global Age
Sport And Society In The
Global Age
    From play and
    participation to fandom
    and social action, sport
    forms a huge part of our
    daily lives. Encompassing
    hot topics such as
    heteronormativity,
    racism and the 'cyborg'
    athlete, this clear and
    concise text allows
    students to engage with
    the social processes,
    regulation and cultures
    of sport in a global age.
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The City of Words
The City Of Words
    What is the role of the
    storyteller in 21st
    Century society? Do
    stories possess the power
    to change the world we
    live in? This book sets
    out to investigate the
    ways in which stories can
    lend an identity to a
    whole society. It
    explores how books can
    hold the secret to what
    binds us together.
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Reds, Whites, and Blues
Reds, Whites, And Blues
    Music, and folk music in
    particular, is often
    embraced as a form of
    political expression, a
    vehicle for bridging or
    reinforcing social
    boundaries, and a
    valuable tool for
    movements reconfiguring
    the social landscape.
    This title examines the
    political force of folk
    music through the social
    activities that make up
    movements.
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Sport and Social Capital
Sport And Social Capital
    Despite the importance of
    sport as a social,
    economic and political
    institution, research
    into sport and social
    capital has not been
    extensive. This book
    examines this high
    profile area. It explores
    the ways in which sport
    contributes to the
    creation, development,
    maintenance and, in some
    cases, diminution of
    social capital.
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Everyday Masculinities and Extreme Sport
Everyday Masculinities And
Extreme Sport
    Rock climbing is one of
    today's most popular
    'extreme sports.'
    Although many women are
    involved, the sport
    retains a particularly
    male image and culture.
    This book presents a
    study of rock climbing in
    the UK, analysing what
    it reveals about the
    contemporary construction
    and performance of
    masculinity through
    sport.
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Sport for Development and Peace: A Critical Sociology
Sport For Development And
Peace: A Critical Sociology
    Sport and International
    Development offers a
    critical sociological
    analysis of the emerging
    Sport for Development and
    Peace (SDP) movement. The
    book addresses a gap in
    the literature by
    focusing on the social
    and political
    implications of sport on
    development. It is a
    timely and important
    addition to the series.
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Spiritual Tourism
Spiritual Tourism
    Investigates spiritual
    tourism - tourism
    characterised by an
    intentional search for
    spiritual benefit - from
    a contemporary religious
    studies perspective. This
    title provides an
    important opportunity to
    comment on the role of
    tourism in contemporary
    conceptions of
    spirituality and
    spiritual practice in
    Western society.
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Decentring Work
Decentring Work
    Encourages scholars and
    practitioners to rethink
    the relationships between
    leisure, social policy,
    and human development.
    This work questions how
    and why we have come to
    value paid employment as
    the marker of social
    success and individual
    self-worth, and
    investigates the role
    that leisure might play
    in its stead.
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Addiction by Design
Addiction By Design
    There is a dramatic shift
    from social forms of
    gambling played around
    roulette wheels and card
    tables to solitary
    gambling at electronic
    terminals. This title
    takes readers into the
    world of machine
    gambling. It shows how
    the mechanical rhythm of
    electronic gambling pulls
    players into a state, in
    which daily worries and
    bodily awareness fade
    away.
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The Sociology of Sports Coaching
The Sociology Of Sports
Coaching
    Sports coaching is a
    social activity. This
    book argues that an
    understanding of
    sociology and social
    theory can help us better
    grasp the interactive
    nature of coaching and
    consequently assist in
    demystifying the mythical
    'art' of the activity. It
    is suitable for serious
    students of sports
    coaching or the sociology
    of sport.
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Sport and Violence
Sport And Violence
    Examines the culture of
    violence that permeates
    and surrounds sport,
    including the
    sociological causes of
    that violence, and what
    can be done to mitigate
    them. This book looks at
    the culture of 'sports
    rage' and aggression in
    the sporting industry,
    covering ethical,
    historical and
    sociological causes and
    impacts.
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Dance, Space and Subjectivity
Dance, Space And Subjectivity
    This book, now available
    in paperback, contains
    readings of international
    postmodern dances,
    exploring the roles dance
    and space play in
    constructing subjectivity
    and reading dances
    'against the grain' to
    reveal their potential
    for troubling
    conventional notions of
    subjectivity associated
    with a white, Western,
    heterosexual,
    able-bodied, male norm.
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Leisure Studies
Leisure Studies
    What is the place of
    leisure in societies
    where people complain of
    'over-work'? How do
    personal freedom and
    choice relate to the
    inequalities of class,
    gender, disability and
    ethnicity? This critical
    introduction to the field
    offers a systematic
    account of the meaning
    and structure of leisure.
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Global Media Sport: Flows, Forms and Futures
Global Media Sport: Flows,
Forms And Futures
    This book investigates
    the integration of media
    and sport over the last
    century. At a time when
    the stability of the
    Western media sport order
    is under challenge, it
    analyzes a range of key
    structures, practices
    and issues, whose
    ramifications extend far
    beyond the fields of play
    and national contexts in
    which sport events take
    place.
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Leisure
Leisure
    Contains photographs that
    show our forebears at
    their leisure. This work
    shows how the technology
    of cinema was quickly
    embraced by the masses.
    It also shows the immense
    crowds that football was
    already attracting -
    encapsulated by a sea of
    flat capped men sardined
    together on the terraces
    of a football ground.
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Sport and Social Identities
Sport And Social Identities
    Playing and watching
    sport can teach us a
    great deal about wider
    social issues. This book
    looks at how identities
    are constructed and
    reinforced in sport,
    exploring notions of
    race, class, sexuality
    and nationalism. With
    contributions from
    international experts,
    this book is key reading
    for students of sociology
    and sports studies.
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Social Economies of Fear and Desire
Social Economies Of Fear And
Desire
    All behaviours, indeed
    all forms of agency, are
    viewed as
    emotionally-driven. This
    book provides an approach
    to emotional experience
    and agency which
    drastically nuances the
    commonly held view that
    fear has predominantly
    irrational, morally, or
    ideologically suspect
    effects which thwart the
    exercise of autonomy.
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Social and Cultural Diversity in a Sporting World
Social And Cultural Diversity
In A Sporting World
    Examines a range of
    cultural issues related
    to: nationalism, gender,
    race, ethnicity,
    indigenous culture,
    sexuality, (dis)ability
    and even religiosity.
    This volume explores the
    dimensions of cultural
    diversity that relate to
    many of the
    aforementioned dimensions
    as they are located
    within the context of
    sport.
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Forty Years of Sport and Social Change, 1968-2008
Forty Years Of Sport And
Social Change, 1968-2008
    1968 was a year of
    protest in civil society
    (Prague, Paris,
    Chicago) and a year of
    protest in sport.
    Meanwhile, students in
    Mexico demonstrated
    against social priorities
    in Mexico, the host of
    the 1968 Games. This
    title presents the
    memories of activists who
    were 'on the ground'
    using sport as a site for
    the struggle for human
    rights.
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Understanding American Sports
Understanding American Sports
    Since the nineteenth
    century the USA has
    served as an
    international model for
    business, lifestyle and
    sporting success. Yet
    whilst the language of
    sport seems to be
    universal, American
    sports culture remains
    highly distinctive. This
    book offers critical
    analysis of the everyday
    sporting and leisure
    activities of 'ordinary'
    Americans.
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Marxism, Cultural Studies and Sport
Marxism, Cultural Studies And
Sport
    Is Marxism still relevant
    for understanding sport
    in the twenty-first
    century? Has Marxism been
    preserved or transcended
    by cultural studies? What
    is the relationship
    between theory and
    intervention in the
    politics of sport? This
    book discusses the
    relationship between
    sport and Marxism. It is
    suitable for students of
    sport sociology, and
    Marxism.
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£23.39
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Banding Together
Banding Together
    Why do some music styles
    gain mass popularity
    while others thrive in
    small niches? This title
    explores this question
    and reveals the
    attributes that together
    explain the growth of
    twentieth-century
    American popular music.
    It also uncovers the
    shared grammar that
    allows us to understand
    the cultural language and
    evolution of popular
    music.
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