Cyborg anxiety: Oscar Pistorius and the boundaries of what it means to be human

Disability and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-190

  Swartz, Leslie ^a   Watermeyer, Brian ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cyborgs; Disabled sport; Paralympics; Prostheses; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249111524     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590701841232     Document Type: Article

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