WOMEN, BODY AND SPORTS IN A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE

Authors

  • Patrícia Lessa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/%25x

Abstract

The feminist theories discuss the denaturalization of the bodies, the performativity of the species, the sexualization of the identities, and the biologization of feminine characteristic, in several areas of knowledge. Physical Education has been producing knowledge on both the female participation in sports and feminine corporality. My text has the purpose of relating the studies on women and sports in what concerns the Physical Education theoretical production to the current feminist debate on corporality, sexuality and identity, searching the theoretical and conceptual purposes that give support to this debate. Texts published by the Revista Brasileira de Ciências e Esportes magazine and Motrivivência magazine are used as an analysis source. These magazines were chosen due to the fact of being including, and they will be a reference for other publications.

Author Biography

Patrícia Lessa

Professora do Departamento de Fundamentos da Educação da Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Doutoranda no Programa de Pós-Graduação em História, na área de Estudos Feministas da Universidade de Brasília, sob orientação da profª Drª Tânia Navarro-Swain.

Published

2005-01-01

How to Cite

LESSA, Patrícia. WOMEN, BODY AND SPORTS IN A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE. Motrivivência, Florianópolis, n. 24, p. 157–172, 2005. DOI: 10.5007/%x. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/motrivivencia/article/view/862. Acesso em: 11 jan. 2026.