MEN ON THE EDGE OF PAIN WHEN BODYBUILDING IN A FITNESS CENTER LOCATED IN A LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY ON THE PLURAL WAYS OF EXPRESSING MASCULINITY

Authors

  • Alan Camargo Silva Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva. Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
  • Jaqueline Ferreira Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva. Rio de Janeiro, RJ.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1982-8918.54670

Keywords:

Pain. Fitness Centers. Ethnography. Masculinity.

Abstract

This ethnographical study looks into body representations, specifically pain and its relationship with expressions of masculinity. It examines how views of pain and masculinities can affect people’s interactions when bodybuilding in a fitness center located in a popular neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. Based on the theory and methodology of symbolic interactionism, it was possible to see how the diversity of ways of being a man interferes with multiple views of pain and limits in risk management in body practices.

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Author Biographies

Alan Camargo Silva, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva. Rio de Janeiro, RJ.

Doutor em Saúde Coletiva pelo Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva (IESC/UFRJ). Membro do Núcleo de Estudos Sociocorporais e Pedagógicos em Educação Física e Esportes (NESPEFE/ EEFD-UFRJ).

Jaqueline Ferreira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva. Rio de Janeiro, RJ.

Doutora em Antropologia Social pela École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS, Paris/França). Professora Adjunta do Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva (IESC/UFRJ).

Published

2015-12-11

How to Cite

SILVA, Alan Camargo; FERREIRA, Jaqueline. MEN ON THE EDGE OF PAIN WHEN BODYBUILDING IN A FITNESS CENTER LOCATED IN A LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY ON THE PLURAL WAYS OF EXPRESSING MASCULINITY. Movimento, [S. l.], v. 22, n. 1, p. 89–98, 2015. DOI: 10.22456/1982-8918.54670. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/Movimento/article/view/54670. Acesso em: 27 oct. 2026.

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