This articles analyzes, from a qualitative approach, the 1995 Pan-American Physical Education Congress taken place in Peru as a space for socialization, dissemination of knowledge, sharing of theoretical perspectives, as well as space of legitimization for some experts, influence and power for some international organizations. The article seeks to understand how knowledges, experts and organizations validate certain “true” meanings that conceptualize the vast universe of physical culture, physical education and sports. The interpretative examination focuses in various documentary sources, such as minutes and memories of the Congress, presentations by experts, the subjects of the presentations, and memories of other Pan-American congresses. Additionally, the study includes semi-structured interviews to organizers and attendees.

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The following work analyzes the ways in which one of the most important sports magazines in Argentina, “El Gráfico”, in the 1920s and 1930s presented and (re) presented men in the wide and diverse universe of physical and sports culture. To investigate the different senses on masculinity, we focus our attention on the covers of the famous magazine. Based on a qualitative methodology that articulated the hermeneutic historical analysis, visual history and gender studies, the dominant male body model has been identified and condensed different meanings: strength, courage, skill, chivalry, tactical intelligence, 'Creole' mischief, antagonism, physical display; resistance, character, dynamism, sense of national belonging; and social recognition, nobility and status.

El siguiente trabajo analiza los modos en que una de las revistas deportivas más importantes de la Argentina, El Gráfico, en los años ‘20 y ‘30 presentó y (re)presentó a los varones en el amplio y diverso universo de la cultura física y deportiva. Para indagar los distintos sentidos sobre la masculinidad, focalizamos la atención en las tapas de la famosa revista. A partir de una metodología cualitativa que articuló el análisis histórico hermenéutico, la historia visual y los estudios de género se ha identificado el modelo corporal masculino dominante el cual condensó distintos significados: fuerza, valentía, habilidad, caballerosidad, inteligencia táctica, picardía ‘criolla’, antagonismo, despliegue físico; resistencia, carácter, dinamismo, sentido de pertenencia nacional; y reconocimiento social, nobleza y status.

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