1 Introduction

ANNETTE R. HOFMANN AND PASCAL MAMUDOU CAMARA

PART I

Philosophical and Sociological Approaches

2 An Analytical Perspective on Esports, “Virtual Sports,” and the Olympic Virtual Series

JIM PARRY AND JACOB GIESBRECHT

3 A Phenomenological Perspective on Embodiment in Sports and Esports

IRENA MARTINKOVA AND QIAN WANG

4 How Real Is Virtual Reality? Reflections on Sport in Virtual Realities

JANNIKA M. JOHN, PAOLO RIATTI, AND ANSGAR THIEL

5 Esports and Sportification: A View From Sweden

DANIEL SVENSSON AND DANIEL PARGMAN

PART II

Economic Insights

6 The Economics of Esports

MARKUS BREUER AND FRANK DAUMANN

PART III

Health Issues

7 Health Impacts and Implications for Esports

DAVID LEGG

8 Physical and Physiological Implications of Esports

TAKASHI MATSUI

PART IV

Gender and Esports

9 A Critical Review of Esports and Music From a Gender Perspective

EULALIA FEBRER COLL

PART V

Esports and Education

10 Esports in Norwegian Upper Secondary Education: Integration, Challenges, and Opportunities in the 21st Century

AAGE RADMANN AND PER MIDTHAUGEN

11 Esports and Physical Education: A Relationship Like Cat and Dog?

ANNETTE R. HOFMANN

12 Collegiate Esports in South Korea and the United States:

Origins and Governance

LARS DZIKUS AND YOONKYU SONG

13 Future Directions and Research Practice

DINA GENTILE