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1. Critical Readings in Bodybuilding

   Edited by Adam Locks, Niall Richardson

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   In recent years the ‘body’ has become one of the most popular areas of study in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Bodybuilding, in particular, continues to be of interest to scholars of gender, media, film, cultural studies and sociology. However, there is surprisingly little scholarship...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
2. Athletes, Sexual Assault, and "Trials by Media"

   Narrative Immunity

   By Deb Waterhouse-Watson

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   Since footballer sexual assault became top news in 2004, six years after the first case was reported, much has been written in the news media about individual cases, footballers and women who have sex with them. Deb Waterhouse-Watson reveals how media representations of recent sexual assault cases...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
3. Sport Across Asia

   Politics, Cultures, and Identities

   Edited by Katrin Bromber, Birgit Krawietz, Joseph Maguire

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   This book is designed to reflect both our current knowledge regarding sport, globalisation and ‘"encounters" with several important "post-colonial" or non-western societies and to draw together scholars from a range of different disciplines. Case studies of cultural encounters in Central,...

   Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
4. Sports Coaching Research

   Context, Consequences, and Consciousness

   By Anthony Bush, Michael Silk, David Andrews, Hugh Lauder

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   This book raises critical questions about the explanatory framework guiding sports coaching research and presents a new conceptualization for research in the field. Through mapping and contextualizing sports coaching research within a corporatized higher education, the dominant or legitimate forms...

   Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge
5. Sport Policy in Britain

   By Barrie Houlihan, Iain Lindsey

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   Since 1990, Britain has seen a period of unprecedented public investment in, and political commitment to, sport. In this book, Iain Lindsey and Barrie Houlihan examine and analyze sport policy since the appointment of John Major as leader of the Conservative Party in 1990. John Major’s period as...

   Published October 18th 2012 by Routledge
6. Sports and Christianity

   Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

   Edited by Nick J. Watson, Andrew Parker

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   This interdisciplinary text examines the sports-Christianity interface from Protestant and Catholic perspectives. In addition to a "systematic review of literature," field-pioneering contributors such as Michael Novak, Shirl Hoffman, Joseph Price and Robert Higgs address a wide range of topics from...

   Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge
7. India and the Olympics

   By Boria Majumdar, Nalin Mehta

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   In most accounts of Olympic history across the world, India's Olympic journey is a mere footnote. This book is a corrective. Drawing on newly available and hitherto unused archival sources, it demonstrates that India was an important strategic outpost in the Olympic movement that started as a...

   Published September 24th 2012 by Routledge
8. Social Capital and Sport Governance in Europe

   Edited by Margaret Groeneveld, Barrie Houlihan, Fabien Ohl

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   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...

   Published September 4th 2012 by Routledge
9. Women and Exercise

   The Body, Health and Consumerism

   Edited by Eileen Kennedy, Pirkko Markula

   Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

   Exercise for women is a heavily-laden social and embodied experience. While exercise promotion has become an increasingly visible part of health campaigns, obesity among women is rising, and studies indicate that women are generally less physically active than men. Women’s (lack of) exercise,...

   Published September 4th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Global Horseracing Industry

    Social, Economic, Environmental and Ethical Perspectives

    By Phil McManus, Glenn Albrecht, Raewyn Graham

    Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

    Horseracing, thoroughbred breeding and gambling on racing are global industries worth several hundred billion dollars. They are also industries facing serious challenges, from the rise of alternative forms of leisure gambling to concerns about the ethical treatment of animals in all equestrian...

    Published August 30th 2012 by Routledge