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O God of Players : The Story of the Immaculata Mighty Macs / Julie Byrne.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion and American CulturePublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: 1 online resource (312 p.) : 21 photosContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231127493
  • 9780231501958
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796.323/63/0974811
LOC classification:
  • GV885.43.I525 B97 2003
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTE ON NOTATION -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: Philadelphia Hoop and Catholic Fun -- 1. Making the Team,Making Identity -- 2. Practicing Basketball, Practicing Class -- 3. Bodies in Basketball -- 4. Praying for the Team -- 5. Ladies of the Court -- 6. Championships and Community -- Postscript: Immaculata Basketball and U.S. Religious History -- Appendix A: Immaculata College Basketball Survey -- Appendix B: Surveys, Interviews, Correspondence, and Unpublished Memoirs -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX
Summary: Between 1972 and 1974, the Mighty Macs of Immaculata College-a small Catholic women's school outside Philadelphia-made history by winning the first three women's national college basketball championships ever played. A true Cinderella team, this unlikely fifteenth-seeded squad triumphed against enormous odds and four powerhouse state teams to secure the championship title and capture the imaginations of fans and sportswriters across the country. But while they were making a significant contribution to legitimizing women's sports in America, the Mighty Macs were also challenging the traditional roles and obligations that circumscribed their Catholic schoolgirl lives. In this vivid account of Immaculata basketball, Julie Byrne goes beyond the fame to explore these young women's unusual lives, their rare opportunities and pleasures, their religious culture, and the broader ideas of womanhood they inspired and helped redefine.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTE ON NOTATION -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: Philadelphia Hoop and Catholic Fun -- 1. Making the Team,Making Identity -- 2. Practicing Basketball, Practicing Class -- 3. Bodies in Basketball -- 4. Praying for the Team -- 5. Ladies of the Court -- 6. Championships and Community -- Postscript: Immaculata Basketball and U.S. Religious History -- Appendix A: Immaculata College Basketball Survey -- Appendix B: Surveys, Interviews, Correspondence, and Unpublished Memoirs -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX

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Between 1972 and 1974, the Mighty Macs of Immaculata College-a small Catholic women's school outside Philadelphia-made history by winning the first three women's national college basketball championships ever played. A true Cinderella team, this unlikely fifteenth-seeded squad triumphed against enormous odds and four powerhouse state teams to secure the championship title and capture the imaginations of fans and sportswriters across the country. But while they were making a significant contribution to legitimizing women's sports in America, the Mighty Macs were also challenging the traditional roles and obligations that circumscribed their Catholic schoolgirl lives. In this vivid account of Immaculata basketball, Julie Byrne goes beyond the fame to explore these young women's unusual lives, their rare opportunities and pleasures, their religious culture, and the broader ideas of womanhood they inspired and helped redefine.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)