Sport for the Disabled
Culture and Identity
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-84520-689-5 (ISBN)
Description
Sport for the Disabled is a short text for students on sport studies courses. Disability studies is a growing field that is heavily politicized, and the author is well in tune with current debates. The purpose of the book is to examine critically sport for the disabled and the impact it has had on the population it was originally designed to serve. The book introduces students to key theorists and concepts of disability studies, provides a history of the disabled in sport (from rehabilitation to adaptive physical activity), and covers critical topics like commercialism and the Paralympics.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84520-689-5 (9781845206895)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Dr. P. David Howe is Senior Lecturer in the Anthropology of Sport, Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at Loughborough University, UK.
Content
1. Introduction 2. 'Disability' Theory: Key Ideas, Issues and Thinkers 3. From Rehabilitation to Adaptive Physical Activity 4. The Disability Industry and Sport 5. Impaired Athletes: Physical Appearance and Sporting Excellence 6. Classification of [Im]perfect Bodies 7. Commercialism and High Performance Sport for the Disabled 8. Conclusion: Sport and Disability: Time for the Divorce?