SOCIAL-HISTORICAL GENESIS OF BODILY EXPRESSION IN SPAIN

Abstract

This article explains and organizes the process of institutionalization of Bodily Expression in Spain considering the absence and fragmentation of research on historical aspects that impacted on the main political and educational situations and the authors that shaped it. To that end, scientific and legal documents were examined in order to elaborate on the object of study. Secondly, the study used informal interviews conducted during non-participant ethnographic observation and 16 semi-structured interviews. It found that Bodily Expression in Spain has been influenced by the country’s historical context and educational system. Furthermore, it identified a Bodily Expression of the North-East and a Body Expression of the Centre and South-West. its authors were classified into two generations that contributed to the process of creation, institutionalization and consolidation of the discipline.

Keywords:
Physical Education; Public policy; Sociology; Ethnology