Paralympics and Disability Sport (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Smith, Brett

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Written by leading scholars, this book addresses a variety of topics in relation to the Paralympics and disability sport, including the sociology of Paralympic sport, sport coaching at recreational and elite level, and future directions for disability sport research.

This book was published as a special issue of Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134922833
• Artikelnr.: 57006253

Autorenporträt

Brett Smith works in the Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport within the School of Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences at Loughborough University. His research interests include the psycho-social dimensions of disability and wellbeing, and narrative inquiry. He is Editor of the journal Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: 2. Interrogating disability: the (de)composition of a
recovering Paralympian 3. See the sport, not the disability: exploring the
Paralympic paradox 4. The role of coaches of wheelchair rugby in the
development of athletes with a spinal cord injury 5. Coaches of athletes
with a physical disability: a look at their learning experiences 6.
Disability sport is going back to its roots: rehabilitation of military
personnel receiving sudden traumatic disabilities in the twenty-first
century 7. Balancing safety and autonomy: structural and social barriers
affecting the exercise participation of women with disabilities in
community recreation and fitness facilities 8. Transcending 'Hoop Dreams':
toward a consideration of corporeality, crossroads and intersections, and
discursive possibilities in disability and theory