A CAPOEIRA SOB A ÓTICA DE GÊNERO: o espaço de luta das mulheres nos grupos de capoeira.

Abstract

The interest in studying capoeira from the perspective of gender, particularly the role of women in capoeira groups, born observances in wheels and capoeira groups in Brasilia. In which, as a participant observer realized that women had often double shift in capoeira, when they brought their children still small, and had to play capoeira. This dynamic fascinated me the way these women articulated to meet the goal of the wheel and cherish the minor children at the same time. Thus, as a matter of research, we intend to investigate: What is the role of women in capoeira groups? Therefore, it was defined as a general objective: to analyze the role of women in capoeira groups from the perspective of gender. In this perspective we were determined as specific objectives: to present a brief history of women in capoeira groups; analyze the female body in capoeira; draw a profile of the capoeirist woman and research the role of women in capoeira groups. As methodology, we used the bibliographic method, exploratory, field research, qualitative, redescriptive with historical analysis; The interview was used as a data collection technique, through a questionnaire structured with 15 open questions. The capoeirists women are stronger than you think, are more agile than you think, so these capoeirists demonstrate skills not only with his feet, but his cunning, seeking affirmation mechanisms in spaces outside, within and beyond the roost in order to (re) define their bodies through this art/fighting and ownership of this space as a well belonging to the female space.