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The cultural politics of the paralympic movement /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Howe, David, 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
Series:Routledge critical studies in sport.
Subjects:
Paralympic Games.
Sports for people with disabilities > Social aspects.
Athletes with disabilities > Social conditions.
Table of Contents:
  • Athlete as anthropologist, anthropologist as athlete
  • A social history of sport for the disabled
  • Paralympic "lived history" : reflections of a participant observer
  • The politics of sporting disablement
  • Mediated paralympic culture
  • The imperfect body and sport
  • Technology and the paralympic games
  • Accommodating paralympic bodies.