Topic: Cultural studies of sports

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Research Articles

Carlsson, Bo & Martin Svensson Masterchef and the ‘Sportification’ of Popular Culture… and Society (150930)

Eichberg, Henning Review Essay: Individuals? Factors? Definitions? The sociological abstraction of the body (published 2014-11-10, in Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum Vol 5, 2014)

Pedersen, Henrik & Lone Friis Thing ”Løb for livet”: En teoretisk sociologisk analyse af løbekultur (DAN 160914)

Feature Articles

Jönsson, Kutte Om idrott och manliga tårar (151020)

Jönsson, Kutte När Zlatan blev en den av konsthistorien (160112)

Book Reviews

A Companion to Sport David L. Andrews & Ben Carrington (red) Oxford, Oxon.: Wiley Blackwell 2013 (Alan Bairner 140425)

The Body and Social Theory: Third Edition Chris Shilling London: Sage Publications 2012 (Henning Eichberg 141110)

Body, town planning, and participation: The roles of young people and sport Antonio Borgogni Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä 2012 (Henning Eichberg 130307)

British Sporting Literature and Culture in the Long Eighteenth Century Sharon Harrow (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2016 (Katarina Tornborg 160908)

Critical Readings in Bodybuilding Adam Locks & Niall Richardson (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2012 (Jesper Andreasson 140311)

Deconstructing Martial Arts Paul Bowman Cardiff: Cardiff University Press 2019 (review in English by Anne Tjønndal, published 191204)

Ethnosport: The End of Decline Alexey Kylasov Münster: Lit Verlag 2015 (Henning Eichberg 160519)

Fictional Representations of English Football and Fan Cultures: Slum sport, slum people Cyprian Piskurek London: Palgrave Macmillan 2018 (review by Arve Hjelseth, published 190531)

Football, Fandom and Consumption Oliver Brooks Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2019 (review in English by Andy Fuller, published 191218)

Football in Fiction: A History Lee McGowan Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2020 (review in English by Daniel Alsarve, published 200903)

Football Murals: A celebration of soccer’s greatest street art Andy Brassell London: Bloomsbury 2022 (review in English by Jacob Kimvall, published 230410)

Football Nation: The Playing Fields of German Culture, History, and Society Rebeccah Dawson, Bastian Heinsohn, Oliver Knabe & Alan McDougall (ed.) New York, NY: Berghahn Books 2023 (review in English by Mats Franzén, published 230615)

Gender, Sport, and the Role of Alter Ego in Roller Derby Colleen Arendt Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2019 (Greta Bladh 190312)

Helvetet tur och retur Andreas Haddad & Max Bergander Stockholm: Bladh by Bladh 2014 (Torbjörn Andersson 150925)

Hockey as Religion: The Montreal Canadians Olivier Bauer Champaign, IL: Common Ground 2011 (Tobias Stark 131001)

Immaterial Bodies: Affect, Embodiment, Mediation Lisa Blackman London: Sage Publications 2012 (Ørnulf Seippel 131015)

Kampen om idrættens kulturpolitik: Mere mening – mere skønhed Claus Bøje Hellerup: Forlaget Spring 2021 (review in Swedish by Kalle Jonasson, published 221124)

Key Concepts in Body & Society Kate Cregan London: Sage Publications 2012 (Henning Eichberg 141110)

Love Game: A History of Tennis, From Victorian Pastime to Global Phenomenon Elizabeth Wilson London: Serpent’s Tail 2014 (Hans Bolling 150123)

The Making of Sporting Cultures John Hughson Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2011 (Ørnulf Seippel 121010)

Marked Men: Sport and Masculinity in Victorian Popular Culture, 1866-1904 Shannon Rose Smith Kingston, ON.: Queen’s University 2012 (review in English by Matthew L. McDowell, published 200214)

Maximilian Stejskal: Folklig Idrott Marie-Isabel Vogel & Alan Rappaport Zürich: Edition Patrick Frey 2016 (Isak Lidström 170118)

Med kroppen ind i kulturen: Idrætshistoriske strejflys Hans Bonde, under medverkan av Stanis Elsborg Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag 2020 (review in Danish by Martin Friis Andersen, published 210930)

Midt i en surfertid: Den rekreative by mellem fast og flydende modernitet Klaus Eskelund Århus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag 2013 (Simon Junström 150423)

Olympic Ceremonialism and the Performance of National Character: From London 2012 to Rio 2016 Rodanthi Tzanelli Basingstoke, Hamps.: Palgrave Macmillan 2013 (Björn Sandahl 141204)

On the Wrong Side of the Track? East London and the Post Olympics Phil Cohen London: Lawrence & Wishart 2013 (Malcolm MacLean 141121)

Qualifying Times: Points of Change in U.S. Women’s Sport Jaime Schultz Urbana and Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press 2014 (Jean Williams 141120)

The Oxford Handbook of Hip Hop Dance Studies Mary Fogarty & Imani Kai Johnson (eds.) Oxford: Oxford University Press 2023 (review in English by Jacob Kimvall, published 240615)

Power Played: A Critical Criminology of Sport Derek Silva & Liam Kennedy (eds.) Vancouver, BC: UBC Press 2022 (review in English by Tony B. Mickelsson, published 240617)

Routledge Handbook of Sport, Gender and Sexuality Jennifer Hargreaves & Eric Anderson (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2016 (review by Benjamin Moreland, published 190425)

Safeguarding, Child Protection and Abuse in Sport: International perspectives in research, policy and practice Melanie Lang & Mike Hartill (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2015 (Lars H Gustafsson 151216)

The Same but Different: Hockey in Quebec Jason Blake & Andrew C. Holman (red) Montreal, QC: McGill-Queen’s University Press 2017 (Tobias Stark 180411)

Skateboarding: Subcultures, sites and shifts Kara-Jane Lombard (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2016 (Åsa Bäckström 161026)

Skateboarding and Urban Landscapes in Asia: Endless Spots Duncan McDuie-Ra Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press 2021 (review in English by Mark Brooke, published 221108)

Sport, Public Broadcasting and Cultural Citizenship: Signal Lost? Jay Scherer & David Rowe (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2014 (Britt-Mari Ringfjord 140610)

Sport in Capitalist Society: A Short History Tony Collins Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2013 (Tobias Stark 140207)

Sport in Iceland: How Small Nations Achieve International Success Vidar Halldorsson Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2017 (Eivind Å. Skille 171115)

The Olympic Games and Cultural Policy Beatriz Garcia Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2012 (Christian Widholm 140819)

The United States of Sport: Media Framing and Influence of the Intersection of Sports and American Culture Kenon A. Brown, Joshua Dickhaus & Mia Long Anderson Oxford, Oxon: Peter Lang Publishing 2022 (review in English by Steph Doehler, published 240510)

Traditional Sports and Games in the Conemporary World: The New Face of Sport? Bartosz Prabucki Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2022 (review in English by Helge Chr. Pedersen, published 240229)

Transgender Athletes in Competitive Sport Eric Anderson & Ann Travers (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2017 (Jesper Fundberg 181123)

Transnational Sport: Gender, Media, and Global Korea Rachael Miyung Joo Durham, NC: Duke University Press 2012 (Anders Östnäs 130405)

The Visual in Sport Mike Huggins & Mike O’Mahony (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2012 (Leif Yttergren 121206)