Tag: Shannon Jette
Leisure Sciences, Volume 41, 2019, Issue 1–2: Feminist Knowledges as Interventions in Physical Cultures
Leisure Sciences presents scientific inquiries into the study of leisure, recreation, parks, travel, and tourism from a social science perspective. Articles cover the social and psychological aspects of leisure, planning for leisure environments, leisure gerontology, travel and tourism behavior, leisure economics, and urban leisure delivery systems.
Sport for all, or not for all, that is the question
NEW BOOK REVIEW | The edited volume Sport and Physical Activity across the Life Span: Critical Perspectives by Rylee A. Dionigi & Michael Gard (Palgrave Macmillan) offers critical perspectives on the axiomatic Sport for All credo – that sport is also Good for all. Mark Brooke finds much to praise in this collection of myth-busting essays.
Sociology of Sport Journal, Volume 35, 2018, Issue 1: Sport, Physical Culture, and the Environment
The purpose of the Sociology of Sport Journal is to stimulate and communicate research, critical thought, and theory development on issues pertaining to the sociology of sport. The journal publishes peer-reviewed empirical, theoretical, and position papers; book reviews; and critical essays.
Sport, Education and Society, Volume 22, 2017, Issue 8
Sport, Education and Society encourages contributions from social scientists and educationalists studying the relationships between pedagogy, ‘the body’ and society as well as from all professionals with theoretical and empirical interests relating to policy, curriculum, social inclusion, equity and identity, and progressive educational development in physical activity, health and sport.
Not only a history of ski jumping, but also a call for more women to participate
Daniel Svensson has read License to Jump!: A Story of Women’s Ski Jumping, edited by Marit Stub Nybelius and Annette R. Hofmann (Beijbom Books), and he found much to merit a thorough study of this pioneer effort. The field of sex, gender, and sports has been considerably enriched by this case study of the disruption of male domination in sports.