1. Introduction: Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray Fans in Vienna -- 2. Approaching the Field -- 3. Entering the Field -- 4. The Plurality of us and them: performing Loyalties and Rivalries -- 5. The Intersection of Ethnicity, Gender and Social Class in Fan Narratives and Performances -- 6. Conclusion and Outlook: the Intersection of Football Fandom and Migration.This book studies how transnationalis…
Part I. London 2012: the Mega-event in Context -- Chapter 1. East London’s Post Olympic Economy -- Chapter 2. Hollow Sovereignty and the Hollow Crown? -- Part II. The 2012 Legacy Story: Views from East London -- Chapter 3. Legacy for Whom? -- Chapter 4. A Place Beyond Belief< -- Chapter 5. The Best New Place to Live? -- Chapter 6. Expert Knowledge and Community Participation in Urban Planning…
This book looks at the UEFA European Championship (Euro 2012) as both a crowning achievement of, and a way to sustain, the urban entrepreneurial strategy of Poznań, Poland. As the host city of the tournament almost 25 years after Poland’s transformation from a centrally planned to a market economy in 1989, the author focuses on how the local myths and traditions of resourcefulness were invok…
Healthy leisure and Leisureful health - Introductory “State of the Art” byZsuzsanna Benkő -- Part 1. “Go West” -- 1.1. Ethical Aspects of Leisure Choices and the Autonomous Chooser by Colin Wringe -- 1.2. ‘This Side of Paradise’: The Role of On-Line Fandom in the Construction of Leisure, Wellbeing and the Lifeworld by Karl Spracklen -- 1.3. Lunchboxes, Health, Leisure and Well-bein…
Introduction; Borja García and Jinming Zheng -- Part I: Football Governance and Supporter Activism in the ‘Big Five’ European leagues -- 1. The Great Transformation of the English Game: Karl Polanyi and the Double Movement ‘Against Modern Football’ -- David M. Webber -- 2. ‘I love going to watch Norwich’: The Experiences of a Transgender Football Fan; Jayne Caudwell -- 3. The Ital…
This book illustrates how leisure, as with other complex ideas that hold currency in today’s world, suffers at the level of common sense, due to a combination of oversimplification, moral depreciation, and even lack of recognition. Leisure’s modern legacy is both profound and immense, as a product of approximately 45 years of steady research, application and theory development. The common s…
1. The Border War for Young Mexican American Soccer Players: How Family and National Identity Play Out on the Field -- 2. Women’s Soccer in Mexico: A Unique Spin on the Rivalry with the United States -- 3. Place, Nation and the U.S.-Mexico Soccer Rivalry: Dual Citizens, Home Stadiums, and Hosting the Gold Cup -- 4. A Resistance to Rivalry: The U.S.-Mexico Soccer Matchup Through the Eyes of Me…
1. Introduction -- 2. Where Does the Concrete End?: The Local Context of the Hidden Injuries of Class -- 3. Education: The Hidden Injuries of Class Begin -- 4. The Injuries Continue Into Adulthood -- 5. Friends and Sports: The Injuries Escalate and Become Personal -- 6. Structure and Culture: The Macro Context of Growing Up Working Class -- 7. Facebook: A Reunion of Angry (and Not so Angry) -- …
1. Does it take two to tango? The position and power of national sport bodies compared to their public authorities; Jeroen Scheerder, Elien Claes and Annick Willem -- 2. Australia: Evolution and motivators of national sport policy; Camilla Brockett -- 3. Belgium: Flanders: Sport federations and governmental sport bodies; Elien Claes, Jeroen Scheerder, Annick Willem and Sandrine Billiet -- 4. Ca…
Introduction to the Handbook; Karl Spracklen, Brett Lashua, Erin Sharpe and Spencer Swain -- Part One: Traditional Theories of Leisure -- Section One Introduction; Erin Sharpe -- 1. Islam and Leisure; Kirsten Walseth and Mahfoud Amara -- 2. Centring Leisure: A Hindu View of Leisure; Veena Sharma -- 3. Listening to 19th Century Kanaka ʻŌiwi Voices; Re-Imagining the Possibilities for Leisure; K…