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British Football & Social Exclusion
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 60.95This book takes stock of British football at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It is written by a range of concerned academics and writers, all of whom have an active relationship with the contemporary football world. The book assesses the changes that have occurred in many areas of football culture and the political and academic debates... more...
Because I Tell a Joke or Two
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 48.95Because I Tell a Joke or Two explores the complex relationship between comedy and the social differences of class, region, age, gender, sexuality, ethnicity and nationhood. It shows how comedy has been used to sustain, challenge and to change power relationships in society. The contributors, who include Stephen Wagg, Mark Simpson, Stephen Small,... more...
Cricket and National Identity in the Postcolonial Age
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 42.95Bringing together leading international writers on cricket and society, this important new book places cricket in the postcolonial life of the major Test-playing countries. Exploring the culture, politics, governance and economics of cricket in the twenty-first century, this book dispels the age-old idea of a gentle game played on England's village... more...
Myths and Milestones in the History of Sport
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 85.00The conventional history of sport, as conveyed by television and the sports press, has thrown up a great many apparent turning points, but knowledge of these apparently defining moments is often slight. This book offers readable, in-depth studies of a series of these watersheds in sport history and of the circumstances in which they came about. more...
Come on Down?
Taylor and Francis 1992; US$ 45.95Come on Down represents an introduction to popular media culture in Britain since 1945. It discusses the ways in which popular culture can be studied, understood and appreciated, and covers its key analytical issues and some of its most important forms and processes. The contributors analyse some of popular culture's leading and most representative... more...
Sport, Leisure and Culture in the Postmodern City
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2009; US$ 99.95Illustrated by an interdisciplinary study of a typical 'postmodern city' in the north of England Leeds this volume examines how such post-industrial cities have reinvented themselves, commercially, politically and spatially over the past two decades, with a particular focus on sport and leisure. more...
The New Politics of Leisure and Pleasure
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 32.00This book is about the new politics of leisure and pleasure - the values, practices, struggles and contradictions that now characterize the social worlds of rambling, drinking, tourism, sex, watching TV, gambling, using the internet, reading, comedy, sport, popular music and censorship. more...
East Plays West
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 55.95The Cold War spanned some five decades from the devastation that remained after World War Two until the fall of the Berlin wall, and for much of that time the perception was that only on the Eastern side were politics and sport inextricably linked. However, this assumption underestimates the extent to which sport was an important symbol for both power... more...
Thatcher's Children?
Taylor and Francis 1996; US$ 61.95That childhood is a social construction is understood both by social scientists and in society generally. The authors of this book examine the political issues surrounding childhood, including law making, social policy, government provisions and political activism.; This text examines current social and political issues involving childhood. It looks... more...
Key Concepts in Sports Studies
SAGE Publications 2009; US$ 50.00Stimulating and practical student guide to the key concepts in the increasingly popular field of sports studies. more...
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