IS BEING MOTHER A DIVINE CONCEPTION?
REPRESENTATIONS OF MATERNALIST DUTIES WITH THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN “JORNAL DAS MOÇAS” AND “O CRUZEIRO” MAGAZINES (1930 TO 1950)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18223/hiscult.v11i1.3589Abstract
This article sought to identify the representations of maternalist duties with physical education in the women's magazines Jornal das Moças and O Cruzeiro from 1930 to 1950. The methodology consisted in the search for these representations through the evidential paradigm and documentary analysis of reports. The analysis revealed that the main representations of duties with physical education were related to her and her children, namely the body educator. In addition, it was identified that the journalistic periodicals reinforced the role of mothers as an extension of the school space for the education of their children's bodies, based on the precepts of the discipline of physical education. Being a mother" was considered a divine conception and a social duty with the purpose of forming good citizens for the country.