Body representation in old age: the real body versus the social body

Authors

  • Renato Xavier Coutinho Instituto Federal Farroupilha, Campus São Vicente do Sul (SVS).
  • Renata Venturini Tomazeti Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
  • Marco Aurelio de Figueiredo Acosta Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Santa Maria (RS), Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2013v16i4p215-236

Keywords:

Body, Gender, Old age.

Abstract

This research is based on the Theory of Social Representations. Due to the cult of the perfect body, handsome young that society has shown, we sought to examine how this cult of the body affects the lives of the elderly. Thus were made interviews with 21 elderly, in order to verify how they understand the changes in relation to his own body over time and the possible relationship of these representations with the gender.

Author Biographies

Renato Xavier Coutinho, Instituto Federal Farroupilha, Campus São Vicente do Sul (SVS).

Renato Xavier Coutinho – Doutor em Educação em Ciências: Química da Vida e Saúde – Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM). Professor de Educação Física do Instituto Federal Farroupilha, Campus São Vicente do Sul (SVS).

Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/4542170364363130

E-mail: renatocoutinho@msn.com

Renata Venturini Tomazeti, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Renata Venturini Tomazeti - Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Graduada em Educação Física, Especialista em Atividade Física, Desempenho Motor e Saúde.

E-mail: renatinhavt@gmail.com

Marco Aurelio de Figueiredo Acosta, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Santa Maria (RS), Brasil.

Marco Aurelio de Figueiredo Acosta – Graduado em Educação Física, Doutor em Ciência do Movimento Humano, Professor Adjunto da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Santa Maria (RS), Brasil.

E-mail: marco.acosta@bol.com.br

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Published

2013-12-30

How to Cite

Coutinho, R. X., Tomazeti, R. V., & Acosta, M. A. de F. (2013). Body representation in old age: the real body versus the social body. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 16(4), 215–236. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2013v16i4p215-236

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 4 (2013)

Section

Papers

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