{"product_id":"wheelchair-warrior-melvin-juette-9781592134748","title":"Wheelchair Warrior: Gangs, Disability, and Basketball","description":"\u003cp\u003eMelvin 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"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\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melvin Juette, Ronald J. Berger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1592134742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781592134748\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.46h x 5.54w x 0.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2008 pg. 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2008 pg. 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2009\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melvin Juette","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43938483896575,"sku":"9781592134748","price":61.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6f146479-f428-476d-a0f1-850c4cde4d01.jpg?v=1681435950","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wheelchair-warrior-melvin-juette-9781592134748","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}