Linguagem e cultura: subsídios para uma reflexão sobre a educação do corpo

Abstract

The body, comprehended here as a cultural construct has suffered, facing the intense campaign of messages and practices, which intend to format it under the view of hegemonic culture. Among countless ways of expressions and communication, the cultural differences emerge also, in the “texts” produced and reproduced by the body. Not always, the repertory of gestures and corporal practices nurtured by the unprivileged communities is recognized and accepted for the hegemonic discourse. That picture leads to distorted symbols of class, ethic and gender presented in corporal practices of the dominant culture. This essay, when conceive the human movement as language which connects meanings, establishes a debate between the corporal culture pedagogy, the Semiotic and the process of identities constitution. Considering the current multicultural context, it proposes as a alternative for corporal education, a didactic action based on a critical analyses, re-signification and valuing of the ways of corporal expression present in the society.