Myriam Mellouli

Myriam Mellouli, associate researcher at Laboratoire 3L.AM (Le Mans Université) has been specialising in literary and artistic representations of boxing since 2017.

After a dissertation on the aesthetics of survival in boxing literature (ENS Lyon) in 2018, she defended her thesis in 2023 entitled ‘Le film de boxe (1891-2023): le combat d'un genre’ (The boxing film (1891-2023): the struggle of a genre).

She is currently pursuing her research into sports films and the concepts of intersectionality, representation and visibility.