Since the late 1970s, social scientists have turned considerable attention to investigating
martial arts and combat sports (MACS). In particular, this broad range of fighting disciplines …

This important new study examines the changing place and meaning of lifestyle sports–
parkour, surfing, skateboarding, kite-surfing and others–and asks whether they continue to …

The design and/or remodelling of urban parks is a good health strategy to alleviate the lack
of physical activity (PA) in children and, consequently, the different health problems derived …

This paper examines the growth of interrelated tourism phenomena yoga tourism and
spiritual tourism-both sit under the wider umbrella of wellness tourism. Tourism has long …

'Fighting Scholars' offers the first book-length overview of the ethnographic study of martial
arts and combat sports. The book's main claim is that such activities represent privileged …

Movements seeking to infuse markets with moral values often end up utilizing the market
mechanism and support from mainstream actors to scale up, even if it comes at the cost of …

Western society has never been more interested in interiority. Indeed, it seems more and
more people are deliberately looking inward—toward the mind, the body, or both. Michal …

A Sensory Education takes a close look at how sensory awareness is learned and taught in
expert and everyday settings around the world. Anna Harris shows that our sensing is not …

Based on a critical reading of the history of Ashtanga yoga, participant observation, and
interviews with Americans attending the K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute in Mysore …

From books to movies, the media is now flush with spiritual and wellness tourist-related
images, films, and fiction (which are primarily produced in the West) about Southeast Asia …