Research Catalog

Title

Why she plays : the world of women's basketball / Christine A. Baker ; foreword by Becky Hammon.

Author

Baker, Christine A.

Publication

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2008.

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Holdings

Details

Description

xvi, 198 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

An exploration of women in basketball.

Subject

• Basketball for women > United States > History
• Basketball for women > History
• Women basketball players > United States > Biography
• Basketball players > United States > Biography

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• History

Note

• "A Bison original"--P. [4] of cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-198).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction. Why She Plays -- Pt. 1. Youth Basketball -- 1. Heck Yeah, I'm a Tomboy! -- 2. The Fun Factor -- Pt. 2. High-School Basketball -- 3. You Can't Measure Heart -- 4. The Creme of the Crop -- Pt. 3. College Basketball -- 5. Three Divisions, One Association -- 6. Conradt, Goestenkors, and the Pursuit of Perfection -- 7. The Approach of a Coach -- 8. A Dance Is Still a Dance -- Pt. 4. The WNBA -- 9. Over Ten Years and Going Strong in the WNBA -- 10. The Superstars and the "Special" Treatment -- Pt. 5. USA Basketball -- 11. The United States versus the Rest of the World -- 12. The Best in the World -- Pt. 6. Media Coverage and Women's Basketball -- 13. The Slippery Slope of Gender Politics -- 14. Unique but Alike -- 15. Her Place of Peace -- Epilogue: Building the Perfect Player -- App. A. High School Participation by State -- App. B. The Structure of USA Basketball.

ISBN

• 0803216335 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780803216334 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2008027794

OCLC

• 221147877
• SCSB-12729358

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library