Items related to The Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement (Routledge...

The Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement (Routledge Critical Studies in Sport) - Hardcover

Book 10 of 22: Routledge Critical Studies in Sport

Howe, P. David

 
9780415288866: The Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement (Routledge Critical Studies in Sport)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 041528886X ISBN 13: 9780415288866
Publisher: Routledge, 2008

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.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

P. David Howe

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
041528886X
ISBN 13 
9780415288866
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
200
Editor
Hargreaves Jennifer, McDonald Ian