The production of knowledge related to body and beauty: implications for physical education

Abstract

The text it is a part of a research Masters, held at the Graduate Program in Education of UFRN. To this end, we considered the relationship between the meanings of body and beauty products analyzed and identified in the models of beauty in Physical Education. This research is qualitative in nature, and content analysis for data processing. The corpus of analysis consisted of eight papers in the area of Physical Education, published in the Bank of Capes Thesis from 2004 to 2008, selected from the subject body and beauty. It was observed that the understanding of body and beauty in the area has been re-signified, which represents the development that has occurred in the tract of the body of knowledge and beauty.

Keywords

• Cuerpo
• belleza
• cultura
• Educación Física