THE CHURCH, THE STATE, AND THE BALL: SPORT HISTORY AMONG INDIANS FROM BRAZIL CENTRAL

Authors

  • Cleber Dias Faculdade de Educação Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás - Goiânia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/rpp.v15i1.17069

Keywords:

História, Esporte, Índios

Abstract

The purpose this work is to analyze the history of the diffusion of sports among Indians from Brazil Central, showing some preliminary data about it, addition to summarize a research’s agenda and a possible theory for interpretation this relationship.  Both state’s actions and religious was the main responsible by the diffusion of sports among Indians this region. Against other interpretations, the historical meaning this process didn’t meaning the destruction of traditional indigenous culture, although this had was intention of many of those responsible for this process.

Keywords: History. Sport. Indians.

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Author Biography

Cleber Dias, Faculdade de Educação Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás - Goiânia

Professor da UFG; Doutorando em Educação Física (Unicamp), Mestre em História Comparada (UFRJ), especialista em Educação Física Escolar (UFF) e graduado em Educação Física. Participa como pesquisador do grupo de pesquisa Anima (www.lazer.eefd.ufrj.br); do Sport: Laboratório de História do Esporte e do Lazer (http://www.lazer.eefd.ufrj.br/sport), dedicando-se, nesses casos, a investigações do fenômeno do lazer e do esporte.

Published

2012-04-01

How to Cite

DIAS, C. THE CHURCH, THE STATE, AND THE BALL: SPORT HISTORY AMONG INDIANS FROM BRAZIL CENTRAL. Pensar a Prática, Goiânia, v. 15, n. 1, 2012. DOI: 10.5216/rpp.v15i1.17069. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/fef/article/view/17069. Acesso em: 22 dec. 2024.