Women's resistance and empowerment through wheelchair sport

World Leisure Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 11-21

  Ashton Shaeffer, Candace ^a   Gibson, Heather ^a   Holt, Marieke ^a   Willming, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive Elite Wheelchair Sport; Disability; Empowerment; Resistance; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015252659     PISSN: 16078055     EISSN: 23334509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/04419057.2001.9674245     Document Type: Article

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