Hoop dreams on wheels [ disability and the competitive wheelchair athlete
"Hoop Dreams on Wheels is written in an accessible story-telling style, as it is intended to be read by a general audience as well as by students in college courses on disability, sports, the body, and social problems. The main component of the book, the life histories of the players, will be e...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge ,
2009
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| Series: | Contemporary sociological perspectives
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| Online Access: | NetLibrary |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Disability in society
- 2. Disability, sports, and basketball
- 3. A case study of competitive wheelchair athletics
- 4. The first generation
- 5. The second generation
- 6. The third generation
- 7. The fourth generation
- 8. Living with disabilities : pathways to wathletics
- 9. The first generation
- 10. The second generation
- 11. The third generation
- 12. The fourth generation
- 13. Living with disabilities : pathways to wheelchair sports
- 14. Competitive sports and the dilemmas of disability identity