Interrogating disability: The (de)composition of a recovering Paralympian

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-188

  Peers, Danielle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

autoethnography; critical disability studies; disability sport; Foucault; Paralympics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863992809     PISSN: 2159676X     EISSN: 1939845X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2159676X.2012.685101     Document Type: Article

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