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Women characters in baseball literature : a critical study

Title
Women characters in baseball literature : a critical study / Kathleen Sullivan.
Author
Sullivan, Kathleen, 1969-
Publication
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2005], ©2005.

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ix, 196 pages; 23 cm
Summary
"Women Characters in Baseball Literature is the first comprehensive evaluation of the women characters of baseball literature, including women's crucial roles on and off the field of play. Applying several feminist theories and examining the works in the context of both myth and psychology, the author discusses baseball fiction written by both men and women."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Baseball stories, American > History and criticism
  • Feminism and literature > United States
  • Women and literature > United States
  • Baseball in literature
  • Women in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-190) and index.
Contents
Introduction : taken out of the ballgame -- 1. Mount Olympus in the majors -- 2. Gods and Goddesses at the plate -- 3. Absent mothers and mothering men -- 4. Substitute mothering in The southpaw and She's on first -- 5. The transformational goddesses -- 6. The compound goddesses.
ISBN
0786421703 (softcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2005007423
  • 9780786421701 (softcover : alk. paper)
OCLC
  • ocm58545971
  • SCSB-5190841
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Columbia University Libraries