| Wheelchair Warrior: Gangs, Disability, and Basketball Contributor(s): Juette, Melvin (Author), Berger, Ronald J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1592134742 ISBN-13: 9781592134748 Publisher: Temple University Press OUR PRICE: $58.43 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Basketball - Social Science | People With Disabilities |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2007045406 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.54" W x 8.46" (0.72 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Physically Challenged |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Melvin Juette has said that becoming paralyzed in a gang-related shooting was OC both the worst and best thing that happenedOCO to him. The incident, he believes, surely spared the then sixteen year-old African American from prison and/or an early death. It transformed him in other ways, too. He attended college and made wheelchair basketball his passionOCoultimately becoming a star athlete and playing on the U.S. National Wheelchair Basketball Team. a In "Wheelchair Warrior, "Juette reconstructs the defining moments of his life with the assistance of sociologist Ronald Berger. His poignant memoir is bracketed by BergerOCOs thoughtful introduction and conclusion, which places this narrative of race, class, masculinity and identity into proper sociological context, showing how larger social structural forces defined his experiences. While JuetteOCOs story never gives into despair, it does challenge the idea of the OC supercrip.OCO" |