The new generation which Physical Education is building in Brazil: sound, strong, beautiful and white ; “Mais um belo modelo da nova geração que a Educação Física está construindo no Brasil”: sadio, forte, belo e branco

This article analyzes the absence of the black body as representation of male beauty in the magazine Educa-ção Physica between 1939 and 1944, period in which Hollanda Loyola, renowned professor and member of the Ação Integralista Brasileira, led the journal’s technical direction. The debate proposed by the magazine, more than somewhat, determined the standards and representation of the male body, guided by moral and legitimated by scientifi c arguments, presenting in their publications the idea of beauty as an attribute solely of white bodies. As a possibility, representations of black beauty... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Silva, André Luiz dos Santos
Staudt, Jéferson Luís
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Verlag/Hrsg.: Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Educação Física e Esporte
Schlagwörter: Magazine Educação Physica / Hollanda Loyola / Male beauty / Black body / Revista Educação Physica / Beleza masculina / Corpo negro
Sprache: Portuguese
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Link(s) : https://www.revistas.usp.br/rbefe/article/view/184422

This article analyzes the absence of the black body as representation of male beauty in the magazine Educa-ção Physica between 1939 and 1944, period in which Hollanda Loyola, renowned professor and member of the Ação Integralista Brasileira, led the journal’s technical direction. The debate proposed by the magazine, more than somewhat, determined the standards and representation of the male body, guided by moral and legitimated by scientifi c arguments, presenting in their publications the idea of beauty as an attribute solely of white bodies. As a possibility, representations of black beauty were unheard of, electing for that, white men who were hard workers and strong, had families and were able to generate a prosperous future for Brazil, either through workforce or by producing healthy offspring. Intending to build an image of an homogeneous country, it was necessary to make the political, cultural and ethnic diversity less evident as a way of building a national identity. Thus the magazine disregarded “men of color” and all those who fell away from the centrality of white bodies. ; Este artigo analisa a ausência do corpo negro nas representações de beleza masculina construídas pela revista Educação Physica, entre 1939 e 1944, período em que a direção técnica do periódico ficou ao cargo de Hollanda Loyola, renomado professor e integrante da Ação Integralista Brasileira. O debate proposto pela revista teria produzido representações reguladoras do corpo masculino, pautadas em concepções morais e legitimadas por argumentos científicos, sustentando a ideia de beleza enquanto atributo próprio dos corpos brancos. Como efeito, possíveis representações de beleza negra foram impensadas, elegendo como representantes homens brancos, trabalhadores, fortes, pais de família, capazes de gerar o futuro próspero para o Brasil, seja via força de trabalho ou pela formação de uma prole sã. Sob a intenção de se construir a imagem de um país homogêneo, fez-se necessário tornar menos evidente a diversidade política, cultural e ...