This book draws on literature, specifically on the writings of selected novelists and poets to widen an existing anti-sport discourse to include hitherto exclud

Sport studies and sports history have witnessed a recent substantial increase in publications. However, the relationship between literature and sport has been l

Emerging from the ‘history from below’ movement, sport history was marginalised for decades by those working within more traditional historical fields (and

Sporting Sounds presents an eclectic collection of essays, all of which are concerned with various relationships between sport and music. This unique book inclu

This multivolume set is much more than a collection of essays on sports and sporting cultures from around the world: it also details how and why sports are play