Disability in the Global Sport Arena
A Sporting Chance
$114.59
- Paperback
254 pages
- Release Date
24 April 2014
Summary
Sport is often at the centre of battles for rights to inclusion linked to class, race and gender, and this book explores struggles centred on disability in different cultural settings in Europe, North America, Africa, Asia and Oceania. It challenges oversights and assumptions about the ‘normal’ body, and describes how individual and organizational transformations can occur through sport. The abilities of a person are recognised and placed centre stage - instead of the individual being forg…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780415754811 |
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| ISBN-10: | 041575481X |
| Author: | Jill M. Le Clair |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 254 |
| Release Date: | 24 April 2014 |
| Weight: | 800g |
| Dimensions: | 189mm x 246mm |
| Series: | Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives |
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Jill M. Le Clair
Jill M. Le Clair is a Professor of Anthropology, in the School of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Humber College Institute, Toronto, Canada, and the Founding Chair of the Global Disability Research in Sport and Health Network.
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