Pringle, Richard, 1964-

Sport and the social significance of pleasure / Richard Pringle, Robert E. Rinehart and Jayne Caudwell. - xii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; 42 . - Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; 42. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Proem : sport and the social significance of pleasure / Pleasures small and large / A short history of pleasure / Theorizing sporting pleasures across the disciplines / Studying sport, feminism and pleasure / Aging bod(ies) and pleasure : poetic orientations / Running for pleasures / When the pleasurable is political : an affective analysis of viewing the Olympics / 'I just love watching football' / Aesthetic pleasure and sport : the case of love + guts : skateboarding killed the art show / Anhedonia and alternative sports / Be happy, play sport? : governing happiness via the promotion of sport / Richard Pringle, Robert E. Rinehart and Jayne Caudwell -- Robert E. Rinehart -- Richard Pringle -- Richard Pringle -- Jayne Caudwell -- Robert E. Rinehart -- Jayne Caudwell -- Richard Pringle -- Jayne Caudwell -- Robert E. Rinehart -- Robert E. Rinehart -- Richard Pringle. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

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Sports--Sociological aspects
Pleasure.

GV706.5 / .P75 2015

306.483