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.…

What can the history of a nation's football reveal about that nation's wider political and socio-cultural identity? How can the study of local football culture…

The cultural ubiquity, political prominence and economic significance of contemporary sport present fertile terrain for its critical socio-cultural analysis. From corporate and media dominated mega-events…

Do the Paralympic Games empower the disability sport community?

Like many other contemporary sporting institutions, the Paralympic Games have made the transition from pastime to…

In spite of a great passion in the game and significant involvement at amateur level, British Asians are under-represented in professional football. This book asks…

Located in the United States, NBC (National Broadcasting Company) is the biggest and most powerful Olympic network in the world, having won the rights to…

'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…

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…

The first book focusing exclusively on this subject, Sport, Sexualities and Queer/Theory captures the newest and best writing on an emerging focus of study that…

When we accept that advertisers and sponsors dictate athletic schedules, that success in sport is measured by revenue, that athletes’ loyalties lie with their commercial…