Bodyness, Sports and Male Identity

Authors

  • Édison Luis Gastaldo Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
  • Adriana Andrade Braga Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-026X2011000300012

Abstract

This paper wishes to address, through an anthropological perspective, the corporal dimension of sporting practices and some features of its genderization. Departing from Marcel Mauss’ notion of ‘body technique’, we emphasize the cultural dimension on the rationalization, valorization d legitimacy of certain body techniques applied to sports (taking as an example the universe of martial arts), and in which way such techniques rationalize, value and legitimate gendered positions, in this case, of masculine identity.

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Author Biographies

Édison Luis Gastaldo, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro

Antropólogo e pesquisador CNPq, é professor adjunto no Departamento de Letras e Ciências Sociais da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) e professor colaborador no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUCRio). É autor de Pátria, chuteiras e propaganda (AnnaBlume, 2002), Erving Goffman, desbravador do cotidiano (Tomo, 2004) e Nações em campo: Copa do Mundo e identidade nacional (Intertexto, 2006).

Adriana Andrade Braga, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro

Cientista da comunicação e pesquisadora CNPq, é professora no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação Social da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). É organizadora de CMC, identidades e gênero (Portugal: Universidade da Beira Interior, 2005) e autora de Personas materno-eletrônicas: feminilidade e interação no blog Mothern (Sulina, 2008).

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Published

2012-03-19

How to Cite

Gastaldo, Édison L., & Braga, A. A. (2012). Bodyness, Sports and Male Identity. Revista Estudos Feministas, 19(3), 875. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-026X2011000300012

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 3 (2011)

Section

Thematic Section

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