Book Reviews
Swinging clubs from Indian culture and society to British fitness culture:...
Conor Heffernans new book Indian Club Swinging and the Birth of Global Fitness: Mugdars, Masculinity and Marketing (Bloomsbury) tells the story of the rise and growth of club swinging as it spread from India to Europe and America, asking why and how it became so popular. Hans Bolling likes a good historical account, and the history of Club Swinging was new to him. He commends and recommends Heffernan’s interesting, readable and well-researched book about a phenomenon that fell out of fashion well over a century ago.
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Call for Papers | ”Integrity, Health and Governance Issues in Esports and Virtual Sports”, Special Issue of Performance Enhancement & Health | Call ends...
To achieve elite sporting performance, some athletes, coaches, sports organizations, and other stakeholders engage in behaviours that may be unethical, unhealthy, or problematic for various reasons. This special issue aims to examine various integrity, health and governance issues related to esports and virtual sports. We seek to garner submissions that examine issues in esports (competitive video gaming) and virtual sports (mixed reality sports games using interactive peripheral sports equipment).
That Was The Week That Was, June 17–23, 2024
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Call for Papers | “Sports Marketing, Journalism, Communications and Sponsorship: Current trends and perspectives”, III International SPRING Conference | University of Malaga, February 20–21,...
The steering committee is elighted to announce that the third full SPRING Conference will be hosted by our colleagues at the University of Malaga next February. We envisage that this will be an in–person event. The theme of the conference is ‘Sports Marketing, Journalism, Communications and Sponsorship; Current trends and perspectives’.
