"Social inequalities are often reproduced in sport and leisure contexts. However, sport and leisure can be sites of resistance as well as oppression; they can be repressive or promote positive social change. This challenging and important book brings together contemporary cases examining different dimensions of inequality in sport and leisure, ranging from race and ethnicity to gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion and class. ..."
"Social inequalities are often reproduced in sport and leisure contexts. However, sport and leisure can be sites of resistance as well as oppression; they can be repressive or promote positive social change. This challenging and important book brings together contemporary cases examining different dimensions of inequality in sport and leisure, ranging from race and ethnicity to gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion and class. ..."
"This handbook provides an original, comprehensive and unparalleled overview of feminist scholarship in sport, leisure and physical education. It captures the complexities of past, current and future developments in feminism while highlighting its theoretical, methodological and empirical applications. It also critically engages with policy and practice issues for women and girls taking part in sport and leisure pursuits and in physical ..."
"Lumpkin, A., Stoll, S. K. and Beller, J. M. (1994) Sport Ethics: Applications for Fair
Play. ... evaluation of the sporting equals racial equality standard and its impact
on organizational change', Journal of Sport and Social Issues 30(3): 289–305."
"Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes
springing high, Still I'll rise. (Angelou, 1978, p. 7) In 2015, Serena Williams was
awarded the long overdue honour of Sportsperson of the Year by Sports
Illustrated magazine. During her acceptance speech, she recited the powerful
lines from the late great cultural icon Maya Angelou's poem 'Still I Rise', which is
itself a lyrical celebration of black femal ..."
"Muslim women's experiences of sport and physical activity in the UK Matzani
Rozaitul,1 Katherine Dashper and Thomas Fletcher Introduction In recent years,
partly as a result of such events as those of 11 September 2001 (9/11) and 7 July
2005 (7/7), partly because of rising population numbers and partly as a result of a
wider global consciousness of Islam, Britain has witnessed a heightened sense
of Islamophobia. This has been susta ..."
"Selected work arising from the authors' original presentations to LSA Conferences and other LSA events is published post-conference by LSA in themed and edited volumes."