Abstract

GONZALEZ-PALOMARES, ALBA  and  REY-CAO, ANA ISABEL. THE AGES IN BODY CULTURE: REPRESENTATIONS IN BRAZILIAN PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEXTBOOKS. Rev. Bras. Educ. [online]. 2017, vol.22, n.71, pp.160-161.  Epub Nov 08, 2017. ISSN 1809-449X.  https://doi.org/10.1590/S1413-24782017227163.

This research analyses the body culture which is represented on images of Brazilian physical education textbooks according to the age of their protagonists. The study is empiric, descriptive and comparative. A content analysis was carried out through the elaboration of an ad hoc observational instrument. The results show a distinct representation of body culture according to age and gender. The childhood, adolescence and youth are predominant groups. Girls and mixed groups prevail on childhood and adolescence; men in youth and adulthood. The youth is associated to competitive and elite sports. People of other ages practice individual sports and artistic activities, in non-competitive fields, non-sportive environments and without bounds to elite sports. Among older people, men and women are equally represented in a way that the focus transmits importance.

Keywords : age; body culture; images; textbooks; physical education.

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