 |
|
|
Item Details
| Title:
|
THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF THE PARALYMPIC MOVEMENT
THROUGH AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL LENS |
| By: |
David Howe, Ian McDonald, Jennifer Hargreaves |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
|
£47.99 |
| Our price: |
£46.55 |
| Discount: |
|
| You save:
|
£1.44 |
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
0415288878 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780415288873 |
| Availability: |
Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.
 Delivery
rates
|
| Stock: |
Currently 0 available |
| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
7 February, 2008 |
| Series: |
Routledge Critical Studies in Sport |
| Pages: |
208 |
| Description: |
Presenting an examination of the social, political and economic processes shaping the Paralympic Movement, this book reviews the status of the Paralympics. It challenges the mainstream assumption that the Games are a vehicle for empowerment of the disabled community, and offers insight into the relationship between sport, the body and disability. |
| Synopsis: |
Do the Paralympic Games empower the disability sport community? Like many other contemporary sporting institutions, the Paralympic Games have made the transition from pastime to spectacle, and the profile of athletes with disabilities has been increased as a result. This book reviews the current status of the Paralympics and challenges the mainstream assumption that the Games are a vehicle for empowerment of the disabled community. Using ethnographic methods unique in this area of study, P. David Howe has undertaken an innovative and critical examination of the social, political and economic processes shaping the Paralympic Movement. In The Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement he presents his findings and offers a new insight into the relationship between sport, the body and the culture of disability. In doing so he has produced the most comprehensive and radical text about high performance sport for the disabled yet published. P. David Howe is Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport at Loughborough University. He is also a four-time Paralympian and former Athlete's Representative to the International Paralympic Committee. |
| Illustrations: |
1 black & white tables, 4 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Routledge |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
|
|
|
 |
Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
A celebratory, inclusive and educational exploration of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr for both children that celebrate and children who want to understand and appreciate their peers who do.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|