Patients, Athletes, Freaks: Paralympism and the Reproduction of Disability

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 295-316

  Peers, Danielle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

critical disability studies; disability; Foucault; Paralympics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863533115     PISSN: 01937235     EISSN: 15527638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193723512442201     Document Type: Article

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