Anyone who reads the newspaper watches television or listens to casual conversation on the street is aware of the ubiquitous nature of sport. There is no topic that should be of greater interest to social science in general and anthropology in particular than the stud... Lees meer.

The Anthropology of Performance is an invaluable guide to this exciting and growing area. This cutting-edge volume on the major advancements in performance studies presents the theories methods and practices of performance in cultures around the globe. Leading anthro... Lees meer.

The Anthropology of Sport and Human Movement represents a collection of work that reveals and explores the often times dramatic relationship of our biology and culture that is inextricably woven into a tapestry of movement patterns. It explores the underpinning of human... Lees meer.

Witness the galvanizing popularity of the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympic Games the World Track and Field Championships in Athens Greece and the 1998 Winter Olympics from Nagano Japan. Americans indeed people throughout the world are often consumed by sport. Sport... Lees meer.

Dieser wurde als anwendungsorientierter Teil der vorliegenden Studie im Bereich der Angewandten Ethnologie konzipiert und entwickelte sich zu einem Begegnungs- und Empowerment-Raum der auf den Motiven und Bedarfen der Sportlerinnen der haupt- und ehrenamtlichen Traine... Lees meer.

The role of the body and the concept of embodiment have largely been neglected in anthropological studies of tourism. This book explores the notion of the tourist body and develops understanding of how touristic practice is embodied practice not only for tourists but a... Lees meer.

A Social History of Sheffield Boxing combines urban ethnography and anthropology sociological theory and place and life histories to explore the global phenomenon of boxing. Raising many issues pertinent to the social sciences such as contestations around state regula... Lees meer.

Front and Back Stage of Tourism Performance situates our travel imaginaries those dream destinations on our travel bucket lists as co-constructed by the tourist industry state development policies and community negotiations and as framed by modernity s new global c... Lees meer.

Aesthetic Practices in African Tourism explores Rastahood a community youth culture and new tourist art form created by young men on the margins of the Ghanaian economy as they came of age at the turn of the millennium. This book focuses on art music and affective... Lees meer.

A Social History of Sheffield Boxing combines urban ethnography and anthropology sociological theory and place and life histories to explore the global phenomenon of boxing. Raising many issues pertinent to the social sciences such as contestations around state regula... Lees meer.

Few activities bring together physicality emotions politics money and morality as dramatically as sport. In Brazil s stadiums or China s parks on Cuba s baseball diamonds or Fiji s rugby fields human beings test their physical limits invest emotional energy bet... Lees meer.

Part ethnography part memoir and part critical reflection on the Anthropocene this book examines the ways that islands form and inform human experiences of the everyday and the extraordinary. Utilizing carefully considered anthropological perspectives drawn from over... Lees meer.

An interdisciplinary collection of essays that assesses the ideas about race imperialism and Western civilization manifested in the 1904 World s Fair and Olympic Games and shows how they are still relevant. One of the more problematic sport spectacles in American h... Lees meer.

Ethnodevelopment is a well-established concept in the field of development studies. Despite its relevance to tourism initiatives and processes in the Global South it continues to be an underutilised concept in the field. This book bridges this gap presenting an origin... Lees meer.

This book examines Japanese tourism and travel both today and in the past showing how over hundreds of years a distinct culture of travel developed and exploring how this has permeated the perceptions and traditions of Japanese society. It considers the diverse dimen... Lees meer.