Abstract

MELO, Victor Andrade de. New public performances. Athletic clubs and the body education (Rio de Janeiro, 1884-1889). Cad. Hist. Educ. [online]. 2020, vol.19, n.3, pp.1051-1068.  Epub Oct 26, 2020. ISSN 1982-7806.  https://doi.org/10.14393/che-v19n3-2020-23.

Founded in the 1870s in Rio de Janeiro, the British and American Club was the city’s first association dedicated to “athletic sports”, the beginning of athletics. The club was managed by Britons and at first only English speakers could take part on running, jumping and throwing competitions, among other games. In the early 1880s, Brazilians started competing and also organizing their own associations. The year of 1884 saw the beginning of an expansion in such activities. This study aims at discussing the experiences in athletics clubs created in the Brazilian Empire, between 1884 and 1889. Its goal was to point out how their activities worked as a non-formal process of education. The main sources used in this study were journals published in the Brazilian capital. In the end, it is concluded that sports presented new uses for the body in the public sphere, and this process included both competitors, who displayed a new muscular complexion, and the audience, who needed to learn how to dress and behave in the stands.

Keywords : History of Education; Education of the body; History of Sport.

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