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The Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement P. David Howe (Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK)

Name: The Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement By P. David Howe (Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK)
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The Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement by P. David Howe (Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK)

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SeriesRoutledge Critical Studies in Sport

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Raising questions and debates crucial to students of social and disability studies, this book queries the Paralympic games' development as a positive one, and questions its role as a vehicle for the empowerment of the disabled community.

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The Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement: Through an Anthropological Lens by P. David Howe (Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK)

Disability sport is a rapidly growing area, both in terms of participation and as a subject of academic study

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P. David Howe

1. Athlete as Anthropologist, Anthropologist as Athlete, Part 1: Sport and Disability, 2. A Social History of Sport for the Disabled, 3. Paralympic 'Lived History': Reflections of a Participant Observer, 4. The Politics of Sporting Disablement, 5. Mediated Paralympic Culture, Part 2: Impairment, Sport and Performance, 6. The Imperfect Body and Sport, 7. Technology and the Paralympic Games, 8. Accommodating Paralympic Bodies, Appendix: Through the Anthropological Lens

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9780415288873

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0415288878

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The Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement: Through an Anthropological Lens by P. David Howe (Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK)

Author

P. David Howe (Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK)

Series

Routledge Critical Studies in Sport

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Paperback

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Year published

2008-02-07

Number of pages

196

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The Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement P. David Howe (Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK)

The Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement by P. David Howe (Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK)

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The Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement: Through an Anthropological Lens by P. David Howe (Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK)

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