Entre os arredores e o centro da cidade de Maputo: percepções e significados na indústria do fisiculturismo em Moçambique

Abstract

The present work begins by problematizing the concept "Fitness" in order to understand or understand bodybuilding in terms of its socially attributed characteristics by the of the practitioners or intervenients. The study explored from the qualitative approach, the perceptions and meanings in the industry of bodybuilding in Mozambique, in the outskirts and the centre of Maputo city. The data that fed the analysis were acquired using the ethnographic method, with the aid of fieldwork techniques, where semi-structured interviews were conducted open interviews and informal conversations. The work analyzes the perceptions and meanings that practitioners and stakeholders attribute to the practice of bodybuilding because, this practice has gained social space in this era of post modernity, in an era where most people strive to become "fitness". In the post modernity, the body went from value support to be the value itself, which is the cult of body. Giving observance to bodybuilding, it presents itself as the celebration of the cult body cult with articulated and defined standards. The research allowed us to conclude that the practice of bodybuilding fits into a broader context of postmodernity in context of postmodernity in which individuals men and women of different age groups enter in a tremendous process of the cult of the body, not only for physical well-being or mental well-being. It is crucial to mention that, the practice of bodybuilding fits into a wider context of the production, conservation and display of the external beauty of the body, something typical and common to notice in post-modern societies. (TRADUÇAO NOSSA)