This book explores the history and politics of motor racing, one of the most popular and lucrativ...

A student-friendly introduction to the broad field of leisure studies, encouraging students to en...

This book looks historically at the harm that has been inflicted in the practice of sport and at ...

Thatcher's Grandchildren explores sociological and political issues about childhood that have tha...

First published in 1996, this volume is a sequel to Humour in Society: Resistance and Control whi...

This volume is built around three assumptions - first, that for huge numbers people around the wo...

This introduction to popular media culture in Britain discusses the ways in which popular culture...

That childhood is a social construction is understood both by social scientists and in society ge...

This book draws from a rich history of scholarship about the relations between music and cities,...

Cricket is an enduring paradox. On the one hand, it symbolises much that is outmoded: imperialism...

Because I Tell a Joke or Two explores the complex relationship between comedy and the social diff...

Analysing the politics of the 2012 London Olympics, Stephen Wagg examines the framing of London's...