Body and health in Brazil physical educations academic production: a study focused on the midlife

Authors

  • Priscilla de Cesaro Antunes Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Ana Márcia Silva Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Tadeu João Ribeiro Baptista Universidade Federal de Goiás

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8042.2013v25n41p176

Abstract

This essay discusses the conceptions of body and health outlining the period of life named midlife, based on the production analysis available online from the Physical Education Strictu Sensu post-graduate programs in Brazil, up to December 2009. The empirical material selection process obtained two thesis and seventeen essays, on which was used the content analysis method, with emphasis on the theme analysis. The results indicate that the conceptions of body and health are distinguished by a predominant reductionist and fragmented perspective, expressed in the exclusivity of the anatomical and physiological analysis and an emphasis on illnesses, rather than health.

 

 

Author Biographies

Priscilla de Cesaro Antunes, Universidade Federal de Goiás

Mestre em Educação Física e Professora da Faculdade de Educação Física da Universidade Federal de Goiás.

Ana Márcia Silva, Universidade Federal de Goiás

Doutora em Ciências Humanas e Professora da Faculdade de Educação Física da Universidade Federal de Goiás

Tadeu João Ribeiro Baptista, Universidade Federal de Goiás

Doutor em Educação e Professor da Faculdade de Educação Física da Universidade Federal de Goiás

Published

2013-11-26

How to Cite

Antunes, P. de C., Silva, A. M., & Baptista, T. J. R. (2013). Body and health in Brazil physical educations academic production: a study focused on the midlife. Motrivivência, (41), 176–189. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8042.2013v25n41p176