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Fathering Through Sport and Leisure
ISBN: 9780415438704 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fathering is a highly contested concept in popular, media, academic and policy discourses, yet in the areas of family studies and men's studies the leisure component of family life is under-played. This book provides a long overdue and thorough investigation of the relationship between fatherhood, sport, and leisure. Fathering Through Sport and Leisure investigates what fathers actually do in the time they spend with their children. Leading researchers from the fields of sport, leisure and family studies examine the tensions men encounter as they endeavour to meet... Fathering is a highly contested concept in popular, media, academic and policy discourses, yet in the areas of family studies and men's studies the... |
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246,53 zł |
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The Ethics of Doping and Anti-Doping: Redeeming the Soul of Sport?
ISBN: 9780415484657 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With every positive drugs test the credibility and veracity of modern elite sport is diminished. In this radical and provocative critique of current anti-doping policy and practice, Verner Moller argues that the fight against doping - promoted as an initiative to cleanse sport of cheats - is at heart nothing less than a battle to save sport from itself, located on the fault-line between the will to purity and the will to win. Drawing on extensive and detailed case studies of doping in sport, and using a highly original blend of conceptual ideas from philosophy and... With every positive drugs test the credibility and veracity of modern elite sport is diminished. In this radical and provocative critique of curren... |
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693,51 zł |
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The Ethics of Doping and Anti-Doping: Redeeming the Soul of Sport?
ISBN: 9780415484664 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With every positive drugs test the credibility and veracity of modern elite sport is diminished. In this radical and provocative critique of current anti-doping policy and practice, Verner Moller argues that the fight against doping - promoted as an initiative to cleanse sport of cheats - is at heart nothing less than a battle to save sport from itself, located on the fault-line between the will to purity and the will to win. Drawing on extensive and detailed case studies of doping in sport, and using a highly original blend of conceptual ideas from philosophy and... With every positive drugs test the credibility and veracity of modern elite sport is diminished. In this radical and provocative critique of curren... |
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246,53 zł |
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Sport in the Cultures of the Ancient World : New Perspectives
ISBN: 9780415497152 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the early origins of the ancient Olympics to gladiatorial shows in late antiquity, these chapters, written by scholars on ancient sport, provide insights into key aspects of ancient sport in its historical, social and ideological setting.
From the early origins of the ancient Olympics to gladiatorial shows in late antiquity, these chapters, written by scholars on ancient sport, provide ...
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693,51 zł |
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The Gay Games: A History
ISBN: 9780415472968 / Angielski / Twarda / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 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 their inception in 1980, the Gay Games have developed into a multi-million dollar mega-event, engaging people from all continents, while the international Gay Games movement has become one of the largest and most significant international institutions for gay and lesbian people. Drawing on detailed archival research, oral history and participant observation techniques, and informed by critical feminist theory and queer theory, this... The Gay Games is an important piece of new social history, examining one of the largest sporting, cultural and human rights events in the ... |
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744,88 zł |
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Living Through the Hoop: High School Basketball, Race, and the American Dream
ISBN: 9780814795965 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Visit the author's YouTube channel When high school basketball player LeBron James was selected as the top pick in the National Basketball Association draft of 2003, the hopes of a half-million high school basketball players soared. If LeBron could go straight from high school to the NBA, why couldn't they? Such is the allure of basketball for so many young African American men. Unfortunately, the reality is that their chances of ever playing basketball at the professional, or even college, level are infinitesimal. In Living Through the Hoop, Reuben A. Buford May tells the... Visit the author's YouTube channel When high school basketball player LeBron James was selected as the top pick in the National Basketball ... |
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133,52 zł |
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Critical Race Theory: Black Athletic Sporting Experiences in the United States
ISBN: 9781137600370 / Angielski / Twarda / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the role of race in athletic programs in the United States. Through the lens of Critical Race Theory (CRT), this volume analyzes sport as the platform that reflects and reinforces ideas about race within American culture, as well as the platform where resistance is forged against dominant racial ideologies.
This book examines the role of race in athletic programs in the United States. Through the lens of Critical Race Theory (CRT), this volume analyzes ...
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618,28 zł |
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Sport, Power, and Society: Institutions and Practices
ISBN: 9780813344874 / Angielski / Miękka / 482 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This comprehensive collection examines the culture of sport and its relationship with various social institutions. The editors first provide a broad overview of the field and describe the ways in which the concept of sport as a meritocratic contest is undermined by the powerful social structures within which it is embedded. Sections focus on political economy, violence, the media, education, politics, fans and community, and the body. Primary readings from noted scholars in each section address current issues such as the presence of big-time sports in educational institutions; the effects of...
This comprehensive collection examines the culture of sport and its relationship with various social institutions. The editors first provide a broad o...
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318,45 zł |
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Sports: Why People Love Them!
ISBN: 9780761844891 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why do billions of people around the world love sports? The popular media is increasingly dedicated to the heated rivalries of sports teams, academic institutions are held in its thrall, sports metaphors are commonplace in our language, and most individuals participate in athletics or follow a team sport in some variation. This entertaining and informative book attempts to find out why--by examining sports in all its facets. The authors provide an overview of the history of sports, with a constant focus upon the social conditions through which sport arises and by which it continues to...
Why do billions of people around the world love sports? The popular media is increasingly dedicated to the heated rivalries of sports teams, academic ...
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322,37 zł |
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Sociology of Sport and Social Theory
ISBN: 9780736075725 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sociology of Sport and Social Theory presents current research perspectives from major sport scholars and leading sociologists regarding issues germane to the sociology of sport. Each chapter of this resource explains historical and contemporary social theories and applies these theories to current topics in sport, such as performance-enhancing drugs, gender, race and identity issues, and the role of religion in sport. Sociology of Sport and Social Theory introduces readers to the historical and theoretical underpinnings of social theory, how sport studies have... Sociology of Sport and Social Theory presents current research perspectives from major sport scholars and leading sociologists regarding is... |
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333,91 zł |
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Australia's Asian Sporting Context, 1920s - 30s
ISBN: 9780415560498 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines Australia's sporting relationships with the Asian region during the interwar period. Until now, Australia's sporting relationships with the Asian region have been neglected by scholars of Australian and Asian sports history, and the broader field of Australia's Asian context. Concentrating on the period of the 1920s and 1930s - when sporting relationships between Australia and a number of Asian nations emerged in a variety of sports - this book demonstrates the depth of these previously under-examined connections.
This book examines Australia's sporting relationships with the Asian region during the interwar period. Until now, Australia's sporting relationships ...
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693,51 zł |
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Sport as History : Essays in Honour of Wray Vamplew
ISBN: 9780415575003 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Published to mark the career of one of sports history's pioneers, this book traces the evolution of sport across three continents. It brings together some of sports history's leading scholars to investigate not only the history of sport but also how that history is written. This Festschrift marks the retirement of Professor Wray Vamplew -- an internationally-renowned leader in the field of sports history. His 1976 book The Turf was one of the very first academic histories of sport and he has been a prolific writer, scholar and teacher for almost forty years. No-one has played such an...
Published to mark the career of one of sports history's pioneers, this book traces the evolution of sport across three continents. It brings together ...
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446,88 zł |
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Social Capital and Sport Governance in Europe
ISBN: 9780415876094 / Angielski / Twarda / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although there is significant interest in the social role of sport in fostering civil society from both policymakers and academics, there is a lack of evidence of the specific role of sport federations in this system. This book critically presents the mechanisms and structures in a selection of sport federations within a variety of European countries that illuminate the varied relationships between not-for-profit sport federations, their members, governments and the citizens they represent. The contributors explore the contrasts and synergies between core social capital theoretical... Although there is significant interest in the social role of sport in fostering civil society from both policymakers and academics, there is a lack... |
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744,88 zł |
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Theology, Ethics and Transcendence in Sports
ISBN: 9780415878517 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides an inter-disciplinary examination of the relationship between sport, spirituality and religion. It covers a wide-range of topics, such as prayer and sport, religious and spiritual perspectives on athletic identity and 'flow' in sport, theological analysis of genetic performance enhancement technologies, sectarianism in Scottish football, a spiritual understanding of sport psychology consultancy in English premiership soccer and how Zen may be useful in sports performance and participation.
This book provides an inter-disciplinary examination of the relationship between sport, spirituality and religion. It covers a wide-range of topics, s...
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744,88 zł |
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The Labour of Leisure: The Culture of Free Time
ISBN: 9781412945523 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In his compelling new book, Chris Rojek turns this shibboleth on its head to demonstrate how leisure has become a form of labor. Ranging widely from an analysis of the inflated aspirations of the leisure society thesis to the culture of deception that permeates leisure choice, the author shows how leisure is inextricably linked to emotional labor and intelligence. It is now a school for life. In challenging the orthodox understandings of freedom and free time, The Labour of Leisure sets out an indispensable new approach to the meaning of leisure.
In his compelling new book, Chris Rojek turns this shibboleth on its head to demonstrate how leisure has become a form of labor. Ranging widely from a...
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739,75 zł |
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Globalizing Sport: How Organizations, Corporations, Media, and Politics Are Changing Sport
ISBN: 9781594517570 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sport is enjoyed by millions of people across the world, and both watching and playing sport constitutes a major part of modern leisure time. But sport is also a huge worldwide industry. In Globalizing Sport, George Sage invites readers to explore a deeper understanding of the global dynamics of sport - not only competitions but of the big businesses of money, media coverage, athletic apparel and more. He shows how phenomena such as migration, labour, commerce and politics affect the athletes and the fans, continually reshaping the business and experience of sport. Globalizing Sport puts...
Sport is enjoyed by millions of people across the world, and both watching and playing sport constitutes a major part of modern leisure time. But spor...
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899,00 zł |
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Varsity Green: A Behind the Scenes Look at Culture and Corruption in College Athletics
ISBN: 9780804769693 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Varsity Green, Mark Yost cuts through cliches and common misconceptions to take a hard-eyed look at the current state of college athletics. He takes readers behind the scenes of the conspicuous and high-revenue business of college sports in order to dissect the enormous television revenues, merchandising rights, bowl game payoffs, sneaker contracts, and endorsement deals that often pay state university coaches more than the college president, or even the governor. Money in college sports is nothing new. But readers will be amazed at the alarming depth and breadth of influence, both...
In Varsity Green, Mark Yost cuts through cliches and common misconceptions to take a hard-eyed look at the current state of college athletics. ...
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143,69 zł |
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Playing Ball with the Boys: The Rise of Women in the World of Men's Sports
ISBN: 9781578604609 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Female sideline reporters are the fastest-growing trend in broadcasts of professional and college football: names like Suzy Kolber, Erin Andrews, and Andrea Kremer are now as well known as any of the men in the booth. But even more has been going on. In recent years women have garnered spots as sports columnists and reporters, talk-show hosts, and even coaches and team administrators. Yet there has never been a book about this phenomenon. Former ESPN news anchor Betsy Ross fills this gap with Playing Ball with the Boys, a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at the emerging role that...
Female sideline reporters are the fastest-growing trend in broadcasts of professional and college football: names like Suzy Kolber, Erin Andrews, and ...
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77,79 zł |
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Seeing Stars: Sports Celebrity, Identity, and Body Culture in Modern Japan
ISBN: 9780674056107 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dennis J. Frost traces the emergence and evolution of sports celebrity in Japan from the 17th through the 21st centuries. He explores how various constituencies have repeatedly moulded and deployed representations of individual athletes, revealing that sports stars are socially constructed phenomena.
Dennis J. Frost traces the emergence and evolution of sports celebrity in Japan from the 17th through the 21st centuries. He explores how various cons...
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183,58 zł |
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Indigenous People, Race Relations and Australian Sport
ISBN: 9780415582698 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text investigates the many ways that Indigenous Australian's have engaged with Australian sports and the racial and cultural readings that have been associated with these engagements.
This text investigates the many ways that Indigenous Australian's have engaged with Australian sports and the racial and cultural readings that have b...
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446,88 zł |