A constituição social das representações de corpo dos alunos do ensino médio de uma escola pública de Guarapuava-PR.

Abstract

This study is about the social constitution of the body representations of high school students of a state public school in Guarapuava-PR. The research is characterized as quantitativequalitative (GAMBOA, 2003; YIN, 2016), and has the following problematic question: How does the social constitution of the body representations of high school students of a public school in Guarapuava-PR take place? As a general objective, it is proposed to analyze how the social constitution of the body representations of high school students of a state public school in Guarapuava-PR is effective. As specific objectives, it is intended: a) To identify the elements that influence the social constitution of the body representations of high school students of a state public school of Guarapuava-PR; b) To investigate the situations of the school environment that influence the social constitution of the body representations of high school students of a public school in Guarapuava-PR; c) To verify whether physical education classes influence the identification and resignification of the social constitution of the body representations of high school students. It is argued that the representations present in school and Physical Education classes can reproduce, build or resignify the representations of body rooted in society, thus defending the thesis that the social constitution and resignification of the body representations of high school students involve complex processes, which are associated not only with the school, but to every social context through political, cultural and economic influences, that is, this must be understood from a relational analysis. The theoretical methodological contribution of the research is based on the theoretical and methodological assumptions of Pierre Bourdieu's social theory (1983, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2017), using the concepts of habitus, field, capital and symbolic violence. The research was conducted in a state public school in Guarapuava-PR, the participants were 86 high school students, as instruments for data production, the questionnaire was used, with open and closed questions, and the focus group. Iramuteq software was used to organize and process the research data. The data were analyzed through Bourdieu's relational analysis (1983, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2017). The results of the research revealed that the social constitution of the body representations of high school students is effective from the habitus of agents and representations shared by the group, representations that are articulated to "body and appearance", "body and health", "body and prejudice", "body and culture" and "body and gender". Some regularities identified in the context of the research indicate conflict relationships, resulting from the relationship that students establish with their body and with the body of the other, conflicts with the image, physical abilities, behaviors and difficulties in living with differences. The elements that influence the constitution of representations are present in the social structure through the dominant discourse and together with the school and Physical Education serve as references to guide and justify the actions of agents in the field.