See the sport, not the disability: Exploring the Paralympic paradox

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-205

  Purdue, D E J ^a   Howe, P D ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

body; disability; Paralympic; sociology; sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863993558     PISSN: 2159676X     EISSN: 1939845X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2159676X.2012.685102     Document Type: Article

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