"Entra aí pra completá": narrativas de jogadoras do futsal feminino em Santa Maria - RS

Abstract

Based on an ethnography of sporting activities, this study intended to map the formation of futsal in Santa Maria RS (Brazil), and understand the importance that this sport has in the lives of 18 players interviewed in this research. Initially barred from playing, due to familiar and governmental prohibitions, women went from fan to players, getting empowered through the expression of their subjectivities. With the implementation of their gear to do (and can also be understood that the game was an art displayed by them), these women subverted the dominant hegemony that pronounced sexist and essentialist discourses, relating to reproductive issues and that linked the feminine to private spaces, like home. These women challenged the centrality of sexual standards and behavior, entering a male-dominated arena. Over a few decades, since 1980, they occupied spaces in the soccer fields of Santa Maria, and after they started to play futsal.