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.
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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