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Bodily Practices and Healthy Bodies: Representations of Gymnastics in a Brazilian Women’s Magazine (1940–1950)

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  • Carolina Fernandes da Silva

    (Department of Physical Education, Sport Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Campus Trindade, Florianópolis 88040-900, Brazil)

  • Bruna Letícia de Borba

    (Department of Physical Education, Sport Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Campus Trindade, Florianópolis 88040-900, Brazil)

  • Cassiano Suhre da Rosa

    (Department of Physical Education, Sport Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Campus Trindade, Florianópolis 88040-900, Brazil)

  • Luiz Felipe Guarise Katcipis

    (State Educational System of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88035-901, Brazil)

  • Juliana Pizani

    (Department of Physical Education, Sport Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Campus Trindade, Florianópolis 88040-900, Brazil)

  • Janice Zarpellon Mazo

    (Department of Physical Education, School of Physical Education, Physiotherapy and Dance Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Campus Jardim Botânico, Porto Alegre 90010-150, Brazil)

Abstract

This research aims to understand the influence of bodily practices, especially gymnastics, in the construction of representations of a healthy body conveyed in a Brazilian women’s magazine in the 1940s and 1950s. We use records from the Jornal das Moças magazine for the analysis based on the theoretical and methodological assumptions of cultural history. The results show that gymnastics for women was linked to body maintenance and used as a tool for establishing a body standard, thus disciplining and shapingthe construction of women’s health concepts, determined by the aesthetic bias of that period: a slim body as an ideal standard of beauty and health.

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  • Carolina Fernandes da Silva & Bruna Letícia de Borba & Cassiano Suhre da Rosa & Luiz Felipe Guarise Katcipis & Juliana Pizani & Janice Zarpellon Mazo, 2022. "Bodily Practices and Healthy Bodies: Representations of Gymnastics in a Brazilian Women’s Magazine (1940–1950)," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(23), pages 1-11, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:23:p:15800-:d:985929
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