Sexual exploitation in sport is a problem that has beset both male and female athletes
privately for decades but which has only recently emerged as a public issue. Spoilsports is …

This third edition takes a fresh approach to the study of sport, presenting key concepts such
as socialization, race, ethnicity, gender, economics, religion, politics, deviance, violence …

Recent revelations of sexual misconduct by sports coaches have challenged long-held
beliefs in the educational value of sport, yet there is very little knowledge about the dynamics …

Running is one of the world's most widely practiced sports and recreations but until now it
has intended to elude serious study outside of the natural sciences. John Bale brings the …

Over the last few years in Australia, the issue of asylum seekers has been a significant
feature of the media, and a topic that many people feel very strongly about. However, there …

For elite athletes, pain and injury are normal. In a challenge to the orthodox medical model,
this book makes it clear that pain and injury cannot be understood in terms of physiology …

Women's and girls' sport marks one arena where the contradictions between and
reformulations of terms like modern and postmodern, second-and third-wave feminism, and …

The roller derby revival has created a unique stage and community for women athletes.
Using Helen Lenskyj's foundational work to frame the institutional oppressions on women in …

Where is the place of pain in sports? Most studies of pain focus on the dis... comfort that is
induced by injuries of various kinds. The object of such work is, it seems, to relieve or …

While research consistently shows news media's devaluation of female athletes,“the
jockography,” or sports autobiography, is one form of widely-consumed media through …