“Mente sã em corpo são”: a cultura física no Colégio Estadual de Campina Grande (1966-1978).

Abstract

The dissertation entitled “A healthy mind in healthy body”: Physical culture of “State College de Campina Grande (1966-1978)” intend to analyze the body educational practices, present in Physical Education and Sports Class of the State College of Campina Grande during the years 1966 to 1978, that produced a physical culture in the above mentioned institution. The resources used to carry out this research are composed of photographs, Borborema Daily newspaper, and oral reports of former students of the State College of Campina Grande who studied in the period embraced by this thesis. The methodology adopted in this thesis is the discourse analysis, dialoguing with Michel Foucault (2012) about how the college sought to produce healthy bodies through the discourses about hygiene, discipline, beauty and competition of Physical Education. The object of study of this dissertation is the physical culture of the Campina Grande State College, then, I dialogue with Azemar Soares Junior (2015) to reflect about the physical culture thought as a category of meanings, understanding that in the researched college it was developed a physical culture based on sport, which intend to instill the healthy bodies discourses in the student’s bodies. This physical culture was part of a "political educational" project of the Military Dictatorship (1964-1985) for Brazil and was embraced by school, religious, political institutions, and the Campina’s press. The Physical Education and Sports Class was intended to produce healthy bodies to serve the nation through patriotism and work, however, its practices were re-signified by the college’s students who appropriated The Physical Education and Sports Class to serve their own desires and interests.