Mina, C.Y.M. and Watson, P.J. orcid.org/0000-0001-6112-8751 (2024) A Star is Born: An analysis of the media construction of Linda Caicedo’s sporting star status in Colombia. Sport in Society. ISSN 1743-0437
Abstract
The teenage Colombian woman footballer Linda Caicedo has had a meteoric rise to prominence following her performances in several international tournaments in 2022 and 2023. Her star status is important to analyse from an intersectional perspective given her identity as a Black woman from humble Colombian origins. There has been insufficient analysis of the meanings and representations of Black women footballers, let al.one sportswomen from Latin America regarding their star construction. Therefore, this article investigates media narratives around Linda Caicedo, by analysing three Colombian publications, El Espectador, El Tiempo and Semana around the time of the 2022 Women’s Copa América, the 2022 Under 20 Women’s World Cup, the 2022 Under 17 Women’s World Cup, and the Women’s World Cup in 2023. We argue that media narratives present a rupture with traditional discourse around women’s football in Colombia, by constructing her star status around her exceptional playing attributes, her values and capacity to overcome obstacles.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 the Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the creative commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.the terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
Keywords: | Linda Caicedo; Colombian football; women’s football; sport heroes; media narratives |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 26 Jun 2025 10:24 |
Last Modified: | 26 Jun 2025 10:24 |
Published Version: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17430... |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/17430437.2024.2424555 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:228191 |