OBJECTIVES: Active school transport (AST) may be an important source of children's
physical activity (PA). Innovative solutions that increase PA time for children, without putting …

It is now widely recognized that recreation is as important as work. This revealing book
analyzes leisure and outdoor recreation in terms of both their management and their wider …

Women in contemporary Western society have increased options, resources, and
opportunities to access a greater array of tourism and leisure choices. Yet the freedoms …

This article investigates the exercise of power through the sexualisation of women as both
subjects and objects of the gaze (s) of men in tourism. More specifically, the research …

Since 1998 we have been researching the experiences of British and American women who
take solo holidays. These women are leisure travelers who choose to vacation by …

Self-determination theory (SDT) is used as a framework to understand how women's
psychological well-being is influenced by participation in leisure-time physical activity and …

Inclusionary and exclusionary mechanisms that influence sport participation and positions of
leadership in sport form a complex constellation of interacting factors and dimensions. Who …

Females with large muscles evoke strong reactions from men and women, often involving
disgust, discomfort, anger and threat. The controversial nature of female bodybuilding has …

This paper draws on post-structural feminist theories of emotion to explore the significance
of leisure within women's narratives of recovery from depression. I engage with the stories of …

Gestures are central to the way people use language when they interact. This book places
our impulse to gesture at the very heart of linguistic structure: grammar. Based on the …