Hoop Dreams on Wheels

Informationen zum Autor Ronald J. Berger (Ph.D., UCLA), is Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater. He is the Editor or Author of 11 books. His most recent are: M. Juette & R. Berger. Forthcoming (2008). Wheelchair Warrior: A Life Story of Gangs, Disability, and Basketball. Temple University Press. R. Berger, M. Free, & P. Searles. 2005. Crime, Justice, and Society: An Introduction to Criminology. 2nd ed. Lynne Rienner Publishers. His most recent scholarly articles on sport and disability have been published in The Journal of Contemporary Ethnography and Sociological Quarterly . He has taught undergraduate courses in the sociology of disability, introductory sociology, and social problems. Klappentext Offers a life-history study of wheelchair athletes associated with a premier collegiate wheelchair basketball program. This book! which grapples with the intersection of biography and history in society! situates the study in broader context with background on the history and sociology of disability and disability sports. Zusammenfassung A sociological account of wheelchair athletics, intended for use in courses on disability, the sociology of sport, and social problems – that challenges societal stereotypes about people with disabilities. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Disability in Society 2. Disability, Sports, and Basketball 3. A Case Study of Competitive Wheelchair Athletics 4. The First Generation 5. The Second Generation 6. The Third Generation 7. The Fourth Generation 8. Living With Disabilities: Pathways to Wheelchair Sports 9. Competitive Sports and the Dilemmas of Disability Identity

Product details

• Authors: Ronald Berger, Ronald (University of Wisconsn Berger, Ronald J Berger, Ronald J. Berger, Berger Ronald, Ronald Berger
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2008
• EAN: 9780415965101
• ISBN: 978-0-415-96510-1
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Contemporary Sociological Perspectives; Sociology Re-Wired; Sociology Re-Wired
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Basketball, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, SPORTS & RECREATION / Basketball, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology: sport & leisure, Sociology: sport and leisure, Disability: social aspects, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects