As mulheres no esporte brasileiro: entre os campos de enfrentamento e a jornada heroica

Abstract

The history of women in sports points to a secondary protagonism because of the political project of a maledominated sport. Narrating women’s accomplishments in the field of sports allows for visibility of an under-advertised journey. Analyzing the trajectory lived by athletes allows us to understand the protagonism as a political act, present in the social dimension, defined by being characterized as something new, which inaugurates another time. Women’s entry into sport, as well as in other spheres of society, is a transgressive act that emerges from the subtleties of human relations.