TIMES AND SPACES OF GYMNASTICS: SENSES AND SENSITIVITIES EDUCATED

Abstract

This research aims to observe prescriptions about definition of spaces and times for the practice of gymnastics in schools between the last three decades of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20th century. Various documentary sources were used, such as teaching programs, legislative proposals, and gymnastics manuals. The analysis pointed out that gymnastics schooling was not only a response to a new type of sensitivity but also its production as the very definition of new values and customs at the turn of the 20th century.

Keywords:
History; Physical Education; Gymnastics