Description: "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 åOita International Wheelchair Marathon, the 1998 Nagano Winter Paralympics, and the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics"--
Review Quotes:
The author provides excellent background on the organization of sporting associations. Employing diverse sources ranging from personal narratives to mass media accounts and institutional materials, Frost shows that disability sports have offered a prominent, though until now undertheorized, arena in which postwar Japan has interrogated and challenged notions of disability, national pride, and athletic excellence.
-- "Choice"