| Description |
x, 247 pages ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Sport in the global society. Contemporary perspectives |
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Sport in the global society. Contemporary perspectives.
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| Contents |
Contents note continued: 16.New direction: disability sport in Malaysia / Selina Khoo -- 17.Risk of catastrophic injury in sports and recreation / Charles H. Tator -- 18.Reflections on the participation of Muslim women in disability sport: hijab, Burkini®, modesty and changing strategies / Jill M. Le Clair |
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Contents note continued: 9.China and the development of sport for persons with a disability, 1978 - 2008: a review / Jing Tang -- 10.Living disability and restructuring International Paralympic Committee sport in Oceania: the challenge of perceptions, spatial dispersal and Limited resources / Jagdish C. Maharaj -- 11.Physical activity and sport as a tool to include disabled children in Kenyan schools / Joanne J. Kibet -- 12.Contested perspectives of ̀marvel' and ̀mockery' in disability and sport: Accra, Ghana / Anne-Marie Bourgeois -- 13.The use of sport by a Health Promoting School to address community conflict / Patricia Struthers -- 14.̀Bladerunner or boundary runner'?: Oscar Pistorius, cyborg transgressions and strategies of containment / Fiona Moola -- 15.Participation rates of developing countries in international disability sport: a summary and the importance of statistics for understanding and planning / Jackie Lauff -- |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: global organizational change in sport and the shifting meaning of disability / Jill M. Le Clair -- 2.Disability rights and change in a global perspective / Marcia H. Rioux -- 3.The Paralympic Games and 60 years of change (1948 - 2008): unification and restructuring from a disability and medical model to sport-based competition / Robert Steadward -- 4.Transformed identity: from disabled person to global Paralympian / Jill M. Le Clair -- 5.Promoting social inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities through sport: Special Olympics International, global sport initiatives and strategies / David Lenox -- 6.Deaflympics and the Paralympics: eradicating misconceptions / Jordan Eickman -- 7.South Africa, apartheid and the Paralympic Games / Ian Brittain -- 8.Contested issues in research on the media coverage of female Paralympic athletes / Eric de Leseleuc -- |
| 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 forgotten, excluded, or placed at the margins simply because they have a disability |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Sports administration.
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Sports for people with disabilities.
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| Author |
Le Clair, Jill M.
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| ISBN |
0415488516 |
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9780415488518 |
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