More Than Medals : A History of the Paralympics and Disability Sports in Postwar Japan

• Tác giả: Dennis J Frost
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-1501753084
• ISBN-13: 978-1501753091
• ISBN-13: 978-1501753107
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 796.48 Olympic games
• Thông tin xuất bản: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020.
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource (336 pages).
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 312981
• Chủ đề: 1. Athletes with disabilities--History--Japan; 2. Sports tournaments--History--Japan; 3. Athletes with disabilities; 4. Sports for people with disabilities; 5. Sports tournaments

Tóm tắt

"Exploring how sports have shaped perceptions of and approaches to disability in postwar Japan, this book examines five international sporting events held in Japan for athletes with disabilities: the 1964 Tokyo Paralympics, the FESPIC Games, the Ōita International Wheelchair Marathon, the 1998 Nagano Winter Paralympics, and the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics"-- Provided by publisher.