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Women characters in baseball literature : a critical study / Kathleen Sullivan.
Van Pelt Library PS374.B37 S85 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sullivan, Kathleen, 1969-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baseball stories, American--History and criticism.
- Baseball stories, American.
- Feminism and literature--United States.
- Feminism and literature.
- Women and literature.
- United States.
- Women and literature--United States.
- Baseball in literature.
- Women in literature.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 196 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2005]
- Summary:
- "This 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"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Mount Olympus in the majors
- Gods and goddesses at the plate
- Absent mothers and mothering men
- Substitute mothering in The southpaw and She's on first
- The transformational goddesses
- The compound goddesses.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-190) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0786421703
- OCLC:
- 58545971
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