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This book examines the lives decisions and challenges faced by transnational sport migrants - those professionals working in the sports industry who cross borders as part of their professional lives. Despite a great deal of romance surrounding international celebrity a... Lees meer.

Folklore People and Place is a contribution towards better understanding the complex interconnectivity of folklore people and place across a range of different cultural and geographical contexts. The book showcases a range of international case studies from different... Lees meer.

This book explores food in India and its evolution from prehistoric times to contemporary food trends while highlighting the intersections between culture rituals environment and the economy with food ingredients and eating practices. It looks at the history of foo... Lees meer.

Move and Meet der Titel dieser Arbeit ist zugleich der Name eines Sport- und Bildungsvereins der sich im Rahmen der Forschungen zur vorliegenden Studie im Jahr 2021 gr ndete. Der Verein ist damit das Produkt eines Teilhabe-Experiments das 2017 in einem ersten Spor... Lees meer.

This insightful volume considers how to locate America in the sporting world. in the traditions and rituals of a national pastime or in the baseball academies run by American professional teams in the Dominican Republic. With the athletes that carry a flag in Olympic... 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. This cutting-... Lees meer.

The evolution of the human species has always been closely tied to the relationship between biology and culture and the human condition is rooted in this fascinating intersection. Sport games and competition serve as a nexus for humanity s innate fixation on movement... Lees meer.

How is ethnography practiced in the context of tourism. As a multi- and interdisciplinary area of academic enquiry the use of ethnography to study tourism is found in an increasingly diverse number of settings. This book is a collection of essays that discuss the prac... Lees meer.

This book considers how to locate America in the sporting world and how American Sport should reflect the vast networks of expertise finance and performance moving out from American athletic body as well as the influx of talent coming from abroad. This insightfu... Lees meer.

The quadrennial summer Olympic Games are renowned for producing the world s biggest single-city cultural event. This mega-event attracts a live audience of millions a television audience of billions and generates incredible scrutiny before during and after each inst... Lees meer.

Folklore People and Place is a contribution towards better understanding the complex interconnectivity of folklore people and place across a range of different cultural and geographical contexts. Folklore People and Place is a contribution towards better underst... Lees meer.

The evolution of the human species has always been closely tied to the relationship between biology and culture and the human condition is rooted in this fascinating intersection. Sport games and competition serve as a nexus for humanity s innate fixation on movement... Lees meer.

Sports offer excitement triumphs tragedies and escape from the routines of modernity. But sports also reach into the world and the world reaches into sports. This expert trio of authors shows how this emergent field of research promises to contribute in exciting way... Lees meer.

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.