Mr Mark D Biram

My PhD project focuses on the contestation and reproduction of a gendered social order within women's club football in Latin America (specifically Brazil & Colombia). My work contributes to critical sports studies from an interdisciplinary perspective and is largely informed by sociological and cultural studies perspectives which are rooted in feminism and identity narratives surrounding the social significance of sport. It places mediatic and institutional narratives in dialogue with the self-representation of women's football players to provide a holistic explanation of the growth of women's football both in Latin America and globally.