Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: belinda wheaton

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  • ACTION SPORTS AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES
    BELINDA WHEATON / HOLLY THORPE
    Based on a decade of research by two leading action sports scholars, this book maps the relationship between action sports and the Olympic Movement, from the inclusion of the first action sports to those featuring for the first time in the Tokyo Olympic Games and beyond. In an effort to remain relevant to younger audiences, four new action sports, surfing, skateboarding, sport ...

    $1,059.00

  • THE CONSUMPTION AND REPRESENTATION OF LIFESTYLE SPORTS
    BELINDA WHEATON
    Since their emergence in the 1960s, lifestyle sports (also referred to as action sport, extreme sports, adventure sports) have experienced unprecedented growth both in terms of participation and in their increased visibility across public and private space. book seeks to explore the changing representation and consumption of lifestyle sport in the twenty-first century. The essa...

    $1,560.00

  • THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF LIFESTYLE SPORTS
    BELINDA WHEATON
    This important new study examines the changing place and meaning of lifestyle sports – parkour, surfing, skateboarding, kite-surfing and others – and asks whether they continue to pose a challenge to the dominant meanings and experience of ‘sport’ and physical culture. Drawing on a series of in-depth, empirical case-studies, the book offers a re-evaluation of theoretical framew...

    $1,260.00

  • KEY CONCEPTS IN SPORTS STUDIES
    STEPHEN WAGG / BELINDA WHEATON / CARLTON BRICK / JAYNE CAUDWELL
    Written by experienced academics used to teaching the subject this book will help students and researchers find their way within the diverse field of sport studies. Clear, well researched entries explain the key concepts in the debates surrounding the social significance and social dynamics of sport. Each entry provides: • Clear Definitions • Relevant Examples • Up-to-date Sugg...

    $1,307.22