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Disciplinar el cuerpo para militarizar a la juventud. La actividad deportiva del Frente de Juventudes en el franquismo (1940-1960).

Authors :
Medrano, Marta Mauri
Source :
Historia Crítica. jul-sep2016, Issue 61, p85-103. 19p. 4 Black and White Photographs.
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

What is a physically educated body? How did Franco's Youth Front use the body of children and young people, through physical education, for the purpose of instructing citizens who would give stability to the state? The main objective of this article is to present, by means of a methodology based on the concepts of disciplinary power and corporal docility adopted from the theory of Michel Foucault, how the Youth Front controlled the free time of young people by using games and sports (volleyball and basketball), which had a clearly instructive and indoctrinating intention. This makes it possible to conclude that the camps, the extracurricular activities and the sports competitions used the bodies of the young as a productive base, a base considered necessary for the future political stability of the Franco regime. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
Spanish
ISSN :
01211617
Issue :
61
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Historia Crítica
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
117223698
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.7440/histcrit61.2016.05