This book draws on diverse theoretical approaches, disciplines and original empirical research to critically reveal the socio-cultural and political importance of sporting pleasure, and provide a more rounded, dynamic and visceral account of sport and the moving body.

1. Proem: Sport and the Social Significance of Pleasure Richard Pringle, Robert E. Rinehart and Jayne Caudwell 2. Pleasures Small and Large Robert E. Rinehart 3. A Short History of Pleasure Richard Pringle 4. Theorizing Sporting Pleasures Across the Disciplines Richard Pringle 5. Studying Sport, Feminism and Pleasure Jayne Caudwell 6. Aging Bod(ies) and Pleasure: Poetic Orientations Robert E. Rinehart 7. Running for Pleasures Jayne Caudwell 8. When the Pleasurable Is Political: An Affective Analysis of Viewing the Olympics Richard Pringle 9. "I Just Love Watching Football" Jayne Caudwell 10. Aesthetic Pleasure and Sport: The Case of Love + Guts: Skateboarding Killed the Art Show Robert E. Rinehart 11. Anhedonia and Alternative Sports Robert E. Rinehart 12. Be Happy, Play Sport?: Governing Happiness via the Promotion of Sport Richard Pringle

Richard Pringle is an Associate Professor in the School of Curriculum and Pedagogy in the Faculty of Education at the University of Auckland.

Robert E. Rinehart is Associate Professor in Sport and Leisure Studies at the University of Waikato.

Jayne Caudwell is Reader in Sport, Gender and Sexualities at the University of Brighton.