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02224aam a2200385 i 4500 001 0830CB9E9C8F11E981649E3E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190702010117 008 190315s2019 ncua b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2019011174 020 $a 147667616X 020 $a 9781476676166 035 $a (OCoLC)1080430066 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a GV881.3 A55 2019 100 1 $a Allister, Mark Christopher, $d 1956- $e author. 245 10 $a Women's college softball on the rise : $b a season inside the game / $c Mark Allister ; foreword by Carol Hutchins. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., $c [2019] 300 $a ix, 206 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Sidestepping the inflated egos and scandal that have infiltrated many men's sports, college female softball players exhibit power and grace on the field. Focusing on the 2018 season, this book explores gender performance and sexuality in softball, how the influx of money from the sport's growth has reshaped expectations of success, and traditional media coverage of women's sports"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a Play ball -- It's the speed, stupid -- California dreamin' -- Icons and culture -- Spring break adventures -- You've come a long way, baby -- Female athletes performing gender -- Seeing with our hearts -- Life lessons -- It's an SEC world -- A broken system -- Champions crowned, supers won -- Drama on the big stage -- Epilogue: looking back. 650 0 $a Softball for women $z United States. 650 0 $a Softball for women $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Softball for women $x Economic aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a College sports for women $z United States. 650 0 $a College sports for women $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a College sports for women $x Economic aspects $z United States. 700 1 $a Hutchins, Carol, $d 1957- $e writer of foreword. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190806075030.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0830CB9E9C8F11E981649E3E97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search