Open Access Edition of More than Medals: A History of the Paralympics and Disability Sports in Postwar Japan by Dennis J. Frost

FAIN: DR-278092-21

Cornell University (Ithaca, NY 14850-2820)
Mahinder Singh Kingra (Project Director: August 2020 to March 2023)

This project will publish the book More than Medals, written by NEH Fellow Dennis J. Frost (NEH grant number FO-232442-16), in an electronic open access format under the Creative Commons license CC BY-ND 4.0, making it available for free download and distribution. The author will be paid a royalty of at least $500 upon release of the open access ebook.

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Publication Type: Single Publication
Title: More than Medals: A History of the Paralympics and Disability Sports in Postwar Japan
Year: 2022
ISBN: 9781501753091
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Author: Dennis J. Frost
Abstract: In More Than Medals, Dennis J. Frost answers this question and addresses the histories of individuals, institutions, and events—the 1964 Paralympics, the FESPIC Games, the Ōita International Wheelchair Marathon, the Nagano Winter Paralympics, and the 2021 Tokyo Summer Games that played important roles in the development of disability sports in Japan. Sporting events in the postwar era, Frost shows, have repeatedly served as forums for addressing the concerns of individuals with disabilities. More Than Medals provides new insights on the cultural and historical nature of disability and demonstrates how sporting events have challenged some stigmas associated with disability, while reinforcing or generating others. Frost analyzes institutional materials and uses close readings of media, biographical sources, and interviews with Japanese athletes to highlight the profound—though often ambiguous—ways in which sports have shaped how postwar Japan has perceived and addressed disability. His novel approach highlights the importance of the Paralympics and the impact that disability sports have had on Japanese society.
Primary URL: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501753091/more-than-medals/
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Secondary URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctvxrpx7n
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URL 3: https://doi.org/10.1353/book.81036.
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