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SPORT, LEISURE AND TOURISMAn Ethnography of English Football FansCans, Cops and CarnivalsGeoff Pearson, University of Liverpool’s ManagementSchool, UK"We should be eternally grateful that Geoff Pearsondid the hard yards and embedded himself withinthese fan groups for so long and produced such anaccessible, thoughtful and innovative book." - SteveRedhead, Charles Sturt University, Entertainment andSports Law JournalThis book, available in paperback due to populardemand, is an ethnographic account of English footballfans, based upon sixteen years’ participant observation.It will be of value to anyone studying, researching orinterested in ethnographic modes of enquiry or thebehaviour of football fans.Contents: Acknowledgements * Introduction * 1. Ethnography: Theory, Method and Practice * 2.The Football Carnival * 3. Identity and Expression * 4. Fans or Hooligans? * 5. Authority and SocialControl * 6. Alcohol and the Effectiveness of Alcohol Controls * 7. Attitudes to Gender, Sexuality,Race and Disability * 8. The Impact of Technology * Conclusions * ReferencesNew EthnographiesJuly 2014 US228 ppPaperback $28.95 9780719095405Published by Manchester University PressFitness CultureGyms and the Commercialisation of Discipline and FunCrime, Deviance and DopingFallen Sports Stars, Autobiography and the Management ofStigmaMajid Yar, University of Hull, UK"A highly readable account of the spectacular fallsfrom-graceof some of the most acclaimed sportingheroes of our time. Weaving sports stars' ownaccounts with classic sociological theory, Majid Yaroffers fascinating insight into the stages that athletescaught doping go through: from stigma and spoiledidentities, through neutralisation of their offences, toredemption and transcendence. Scholars of identity,drugs offences and crime in sport will all admire thisbook and students will be inspired by it for their ownresearch projects. This is how to apply criminologicaltheory!" - Yvonne Jewkes, University of Leicester, UKYar examines the autobiographies of fallen sports stars,exploring their fall from grace and the stigma it entails. Drawing upon sociologicaland criminological perspectives, it illuminates how fallen stars use confessional actsof story-telling to seek forgiveness, vindication and redemption.Contents: Preface * 1. Introduction - Sports Celebrities, Doping and Narratives of Deviance * 2.Framing Narratives of Doping and Disgrace * 3. Beginnings * 4. Initiation * 5. Commitment * 6.Exposure * 7. ResolutionJanuary 2014 UKJanuary 2014 US104 ppHardback £45.00 / $67.50 / CN$78.00 9781137403742Canadian Rightsebooks availableRoberta Sassatelli, University of Milan, Italy"This engaging exploration of what sustains gymmembership as a consumer practice will be of interestto scholars of studies of consumption, the body,leisure and health." - CHOICE ReviewThis book, now in paperback, provides a sociologicalperspective on fitness culture as developed incommercial gyms, investigating the cultural relevance ofgyms in terms of the history of the commercialization ofbody discipline, the negotiation of gender identities anddistinction dynamics within contemporary cultures ofconsumption.Contents: 1. Introduction * 2. Fitness Culture, Fit Bodies andthe Ethnography of the Gym * 3. The Cultural Location ofFitness Gyms * 4. Spatiality and Temporality * 5. Interaction and Relational Codes * 6. FramingFitness * 7. Discipline and Fun * 8. The Culture of the Fit Body * 9. Fit Bodies, Strong Selves * 10.Conclusions: Embodiment, Agency and Consumer CultureConsumption and Public LifeAugust 2014 UKAugust 2014 US248 ppPaperback £22.99 / $40.00 / CN$46.00 9781137464873Canadian RightsFollow Palgrave Macmillan onFacebook®. ‘Like’ our Facebook®page to get the latest news,reviews and event invites.www.facebook.com/PalgraveMacmillanFollow us on@PalgraveSocfor the latest news, eventsand competitionswww.twitter.com/palgravesoc64