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Even though teenaged girl Jackie Mitchell once struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, women are still striking out on the hardball diamond. This book builds on recently published histories of women as amateur and professional players, umpires, sports commentators and fans to analyze the cultural and historical contexts for excluding females from America''s pastime. Drawing on anthropological and feminist perspectives, the book examines the ways that constructions of women''s bodies and normative social roles have pushed them toward softball instead of baseball. Sportswriter accounts, Title IX sex-discrimination suits, and interviews with players explore the obstacles and the social isolation of females who join all-male baseball teams, while also discussing policies that inhibit the practice.

No Girls in the Clubhouse

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      Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
      Publication Date: 2/12/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780786440184, 978-0786440184
      ISBN10: 078644018X

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      Book Synopsis

      Even though teenaged girl Jackie Mitchell once struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, women are still striking out on the hardball diamond. This book builds on recently published histories of women as amateur and professional players, umpires, sports commentators and fans to analyze the cultural and historical contexts for excluding females from America''s pastime. Drawing on anthropological and feminist perspectives, the book examines the ways that constructions of women''s bodies and normative social roles have pushed them toward softball instead of baseball. Sportswriter accounts, Title IX sex-discrimination suits, and interviews with players explore the obstacles and the social isolation of females who join all-male baseball teams, while also discussing policies that inhibit the practice.

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