Tag: Martin Polley

2024 is an Olympic Games year. Held every four years (with the exception of during the World Wars and Covid-19 restrictions), the modern Olympics is the largest international sporting event in the world. However, historically it has not always been just the sports that are played and the athletes’ performances that make an impact. To mark the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, being held in Paris this summer, we have brought together five academics to give five talks on a social, cultural or political aspect of the Games. All the talks are available to listen to live for free.

The International Journal of the History of Sport is the world’s leading sport history academic periodical with fully-refereed global coverage of the subject. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: The Imperial State of Iran, a Deal-Broker: Enabling the People’s Republic of China’s Asian Games Debut in the 1974 Tehran Asian Games by Y. Andrew Hao.

Originally published in 2014 and edited by Jennifer Hargreaves and Eric Anderson, the Routledge Handbook of Sport, Gender and Sexuality comprises 53 chapters penned by 68 internationally renowned sport scholars. According to our reviewer Benjamin Moreland, this perennial handbook is a vital contribution to the academic conversations surrounding gender and sexuality and a foundational read for scholars and students alike.

In this original review for idrottsforum.org, Jay Coakley takes on two introductory textbooks in the sociology of sport, Sport Sociology by Peter Craig and Sport and Society, edited by Barrie Houlihan & Dominic Malcolm (both Sage Publications). His critical analysis from the point of view of the academic teacher leads him to a well-argued conclusions that will be rewarding reading for teachers as well as for the respective author/editors.

Björn Sandahl Södertörns högskolaMartin Polley The British Olympics: Britain’s Olympic Heritage 1612–2012 200 sidor, hft., ill. Swindon, Wilts: English Heritage 2011 (Played in Britain) ISBN 978-1-848020-58-0De olympiska spelen i...

Mats Greiff Historiska studier, Malmö högskolaMartin Polley Sports History: A Practical Guide 186 sidor, hft. Basingstoke, Hamps.: Palgrave Macmillan 2007 ISBN978-1-4039-4075-9Martin Polley, lektor i Sport vid University of Southampton, pläderar...

Johnny Wijk Historiska institutionen, Stockholms universitetAdrian Smith & Dilwyn Porter (red) Sport and National Identity in the Post-War World 216 sid, hft. London: Routledge 2004Vad finns det för relationer mellan...

Bosse CarlssonRoutledge har nyligen gett ut fyra volymer (1 700 sidor) med den ambitiösa, men mindre upplysande, titeln Sport. Det är Eric Dunning och Dominic Malcom...