Un cuerpo cívico: la construcción espartana de la masculinidad hegemónica mediante el deporte

A civic body: Spartan construction of hegemonic masculinity through sport

María del Mar Rodríguez Alcocer

Grupo de Investigación Eschatia

https://ucm.academia.edu/M%C2%AAdelMarRodr%C3%ADguezAlcocer

0000-0003-2988-8579

Resumen

El presente trabajo analiza cómo las prácticas deportivas contribuyeron a construir un modelo estereotipado de ciudadano espartano al que se situó en la parte más alta de la jerarquía de género. Para ello, se ha utilizado el concepto de masculinidad hegemónica propuesto por Connell y Messerschmidt y se ha centrado el análisis en dos aspectos concretos en los que el ejercicio fue clave para la construcción de un ideal de virilidad: la educación y el ejercicio en relación con la construcción del ciudadano.

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Abstract

The present paper examines how sporting practices contributed to the construction of a stereotyped model of a Spartan citizen, who was positioned at the apex of the gender hierarchy. To achieve this, the concept of hegemonic masculinity, as proposed by Connell and Messerschmidt, has been employed. The analysis has focused on two specific aspects in which exercise played a pivotal role in shaping an ideal of virility: education and exercise in relation to citizen construction.

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