53. Brenda Elsey on Women and Sports in Latin America

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My guest today is Brenda Elsey. Brenda is a professor of History at Hofstra University on Long Island, New York, and studies the history of popular culture and politics in twentieth century Latin America, with a particular focus on gender and sports. She has written extensively on these issues, in both academic and popular journals and magazines. Among her most relevant books are, Citizens and Sportsmen: Fútbol and Politics in Twentieth Century Chile, published with the University of Texas Press in 2011, and, together with Joshua Nadel, Fubolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America, published by the same press in 2019. Brenda is also one of the co-hosts of Burn It All Down, a self-described “feminist sports podcast”, together with, among others, previous RADIKAAL guest Shireen Ahmed. You can follow Brenda Elsey on Twitter at @Politicultura and Burn It All Down at @BurnItDown.