Embodiment, identity and disability sport : an ethnography of elite visually impaired athletes /: an ethnography of elite visually impaired athletes. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ben Powis.
• Authors: Powis, Ben
• Contents: 1. An introduction to visually impaired cricket: the opening delivery 2. Disability, sport and social theory 3. Visually impaired cricket and the senses 4. Disability sport and empowerment: from the playground to the Oval 5. Classification and the hierarchy of sight: valorisation of disabled sporting bodies 6. Identity formation through disability sport 7. Embodiment, identity and disability sport: the close of play
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 796.3580871; Blind athletes; Cricket players; Cricket -- Social aspects; Group identity; Sociology of disability
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000046946; 9781000046809; 9781000046878; 9780429317675
• Related ISBNs: 9780367322700
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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