EDUCATE BODIES, CUSTOMS AND SENSIBILITIES: NORTH AMERICAN CULTURAL PRACTICES AND INTERPRETATIONS ABOUT BRAZIL PUT INTO CIRCULATION BY THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

Authors

  • GIOVANNA CAMILA DA SILVA Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil

Keywords:

History of education, Young Men’s Christian Association, body education, customs, sensibilities

Abstract

The inauguration of the Young Men's Christian Association in Brazil and the expansion
of its formative project had an important attractive element: Protestantism. By the end of the nineteenth
century, ideas, propositions and practices aligned with the religious structure of the Association were
already circulating in the country. With the arrival of North American people and institutions in Brazil,
living habits like those from the United States were promoted. It is possible to identify subtle and explicit
elements employed by the YMCA to familiarize Brazilians to cultural practices, values, and the American
way of life. In the representations produced about Brazil, the YMCA missionaries indicated the
unfavorable conditions of the country, to introduce them as grounds for the resonance of the
association's initiatives. The YMCA dynamics were to indicate limitations, but also to present alternative
new customs, new practices, new sensibilities.

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Published

2020-10-30

How to Cite

DA SILVA, G. C. (2020). EDUCATE BODIES, CUSTOMS AND SENSIBILITIES: NORTH AMERICAN CULTURAL PRACTICES AND INTERPRETATIONS ABOUT BRAZIL PUT INTO CIRCULATION BY THE YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION . Educação Em Revista, 36(1). Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/edrevista/article/view/38032

Issue

Vol. 36 No. 1 (2020): v.36 (2020)

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