Abstract

LOPES, Daniel de Carvalho  and  EHRENBERG, Mônica Caldas. BETWEEN THE PODIUM AND THE ARENA: THE CIRCUS SPORTSMAN ZECA FLORIANO. Hist. Educ. [online]. 2020, vol.24, e94488.  Epub July 05, 2020. ISSN 2236-3459.  https://doi.org/10.1590/2236-3459/94488.

During the 19th century and early 20th century, the circus influenced the gymnastics practices in Brazil connected to a scientific idea of body education linked to the purpose of control, utility and development of hygiene habit. With the goal of approach the historical mixtures between circus and physical education, we analyzed the acting of the José Floriano Peixoto as sportsman, gymnast and circus artist and how much the circus knowledge were promoting the dialogues between those areas.

Keywords : history; education; circus; physical education.

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