Physical Education, Femnities and Uniforms. The Case of the Departamento De Cultura Física (1929-1946) of the Universidad Nacional De La Plata (Argentine)
Abstract:We investigate the construction of femininities from the use of uniforms for Physical Education classes. For this, we base ourselves on the case of the Department of Physical Culture, an institution that existed between 1929 and 1946, of the National University of La Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina). We wonder about how and why the Physical Education uniforms contributed to gendering and sexualizing the bodies of female students. We build three periods from the mandatory establishment of female uniforms for Gym… Show more
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