For the “physical development of Armada personnel”, sport is institutionalized

analysis of the first approaches of the Brazilian Navy to sports practices and the founding process of the Navy Sports League

Authors

  • Karina Barbosa Cancella Mestranda do Programa de pós-graduação em História Comparada (UFRJ); bolsista CAPES; integrante do Sport: Laboratório de História do Esporte e do Lazer (UFRJ); Especialista em Educação a Distância (UGF); Bacharel e Licenciada em História (UGF).
  • Leonardo José Mataruna dos Santos Primeiro-Tenente; pós-doutorando em Cultura Contemporânea (PACC/UFRJ); doutor em Educação Física (UGF); mestre em Educação Física (UNICAMP); especialista em Estudos Olímpicos (IOA-Grécia); bacharel e licenciado em Educação Física (UFRJ).

Keywords:

Brazilian Navy, military sport, leagues

Abstract

The Military Sports, currently highlighted by the recent achievement of the 5th World Military Games in Rio de Janeiro in July 2011, is still an understudied phenomenon in the historical field. The origins of this movement in Brazil, as well as its development and main approaches within the Armed Forces, have emerged as an interesting subject for analysis by historians of the sport. This paper shows in this knowledge gap highlighted, aims to outline an initial overview of the Brazilian Navy relations with the phenomenon of sports through a literature review and analysis of institutional sources related to the sport, characterizing the process of founding the League of Navy Sports in 1915, its main approaches and areas of expertise.

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Published

2020-06-09

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 15 (2012): Revista Navigator - Dossiê Território, defesa e atuação militar na América Portuguesa

Section

Artigos