Karl Spracklen is Professor of Leisure Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. He has published papers on leisure, sport, tourism and identity and his previous publications include The Meaning and Purpose of Leisure and Sport and Challenges to Racism. New Books in Critical Theory have recently released a podcast about Professor Spracklen“s book Whiteness and Leisure. You can listen to the interview, between Professor Spracklen and Dr Dave O“Brien, here: http://newbooksincriticaltheory.com/2014/09/12/karl-spracklen-whiteness-and-leisure-palgrave-macmillan-2013/
24 Ebooks von Karl Spracklen
Karl Spracklen: Digital Leisure, the Internet and Popular Culture
Spracklen explores the impact of the internet on leisure and leisure studies, examining the ways in which digital leisure spaces and activities have become part of everyday leisure. Covering a range …
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€53.49
Karl Spracklen & Brett Lashua: The Palgrave Handbook of Leisure Theory
This is the first handbook devoted entirely to leisure theory, charting the history and philosophy of leisure, theories in religion and culture, and rational theories of leisure in the Western philos …
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Englisch
€309.23
Niall W.R. Scott & Nelson Varas-Diaz: Heavy Metal Music and the Communal Experience
It is common to hear heavy metal music fans and musicians talk about the ‚;metal community‘. This concept, which is widely used when referencing this musical genre, encompasses multiple complex aspec …
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€163.09
Ian R Lamond & Karl Spracklen: Protests as Events
Can activism be considered a leisure activity? Can the Occupy movement, local campaigns for change and lone acts of personal resistance be understood as events? Within the field of Events Management …
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€232.83
Anju Beniwal & Rashmi Jain: Global Leisure and the Struggle for a Better World
This edited collection highlights the diversity and reach of global leisure studies and global leisure theory. It explores the impact of globalization on leisure, and the sites of resistance and acco …
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Englisch
€96.29
Brett Lashua & Stephen Wagg: Sounds and the City
This book draws from a rich history of scholarship about the relations between music and cities, and the global flows between music and urban experience. The contributions in this collection comment …
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Englisch
€90.94
Ian R. Lamond & Karl Spracklen: Critical Event Studies
Within events management, events are commonly categorised within two axes, size and content. Along the size axis events range between the small scale and local, through major events, which garner gre …
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€51.11
Ian R. Lamond & Karl Spracklen: Critical Event Studies
Within events management, events are commonly categorised within two axes, size and content. Along the size axis events range between the small scale and local, through major events, which garner gre …
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€50.99
Andy Brown & Keith Kahn-Harris: Global Metal Music and Culture
This book defines the key ideas, scholarly debates, and research activities that have contributed to the formation of the international and interdisciplinary field of Metal Studies. Drawing on insigh …
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€45.74
Andy Brown & Keith Kahn-Harris: Global Metal Music and Culture
This book defines the key ideas, scholarly debates, and research activities that have contributed to the formation of the international and interdisciplinary field of Metal Studies. Drawing on insigh …
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€3.83
Beverley Spracklen & Karl Spracklen: Evolution of Goth Culture
The origins and deeds of the old Goths were constructed by Roman historians in fear of the Goth as a barbarian outsider; at the same time, the Goths were themselves the heroic subject of their own hi …
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€92.12
Beverley Spracklen & Karl Spracklen: Evolution of Goth Culture
The origins and deeds of the old Goths were constructed by Roman historians in fear of the Goth as a barbarian outsider; at the same time, the Goths were themselves the heroic subject of their own hi …
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€92.87
Samantha Holland & Karl Spracklen: Subcultures, Bodies and Spaces
Alternativity delineates those spaces, scenes, club-cultures, objects and practices in modern society that are considered to be actively designed to be counter or resistive to mainstream popular cult …
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€98.51
Samantha Holland & Karl Spracklen: Subcultures, Bodies and Spaces
Alternativity delineates those spaces, scenes, club-cultures, objects and practices in modern society that are considered to be actively designed to be counter or resistive to mainstream popular cult …
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€98.87
Gabby Riches & Karl Spracklen: Northernness, Northern Culture and Northern Narratives
Northernness, Northern culture and Northern narratives are a common aspect of popular culture, and the North of England, like other Northernnesses in Europe, is a collection of narratives, myths, ste …
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€51.25
Gabby Riches & Karl Spracklen: Northernness, Northern Culture and Northern Narratives
Northernness, Northern culture and Northern narratives are a common aspect of popular culture, and the North of England, like other Northernnesses in Europe, is a collection of narratives, myths, ste …
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€51.45
Shintaro Kono & Anju Beniwal: Positive Sociology of Leisure
This edited collection explores Positive Sociology of Leisure (PSL) as a subfield relating to leisure studies, sociology of leisure, and sociology of happiness. Defined as an area of research that ex …
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Englisch
€149.79
Karl Spracklen: Metal Music and the Re-imagining of Masculinity, Place, Race and Nation
Metal is a form of popular music. Popular music is a form of leisure. In the modern age, popular music has become part of popular culture, a heavily contested collection of practices and industries t …
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€99.69
Karl Spracklen: Metal Music and the Re-imagining of Masculinity, Place, Race and Nation
Metal is a form of popular music. Popular music is a form of leisure. In the modern age, popular music has become part of popular culture, a heavily contested collection of practices and industries t …
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€99.61
Brett Lashua & Karl Spracklen: Popular Music in Leeds
This first academic collection dedicated to popular music in Leeds - developed from the work of interdisciplinary scholars, drawn from a major public museum exhibition “Sounds of Our C …
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€27.99
Brett Lashua & Kitty Ross: Popular Music in Leeds
This first academic collection dedicated to popular music in Leeds – developed from the work of interdisciplinary scholars, drawn from a major public museum exhibition "Sounds of Our City" …
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€30.83
Karl Spracklen: Leisure, Sports & Society
The way we organise our free time can reveal a great deal about our identities and ideology. This book explores what our sports and leisure choices can tell us about the society in which we live. Com …
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€45.06
Karl Spracklen: Exploring Sports and Society
What is the relationship between sports and society? How can we understand sport in relation to physical activities, leisure and physical culture? In this far-reaching and inter-disciplinary textbook …
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€45.05
Karl Spracklen: Exploring Sports and Society
What is the relationship between sports and society? How can we understand sport in relation to physical activities, leisure and physical culture? In this far-reaching and inter-disciplinary textbook …
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€44.97
