Mulheres em manchete: a potência da geração de voleibol dos anos 1980

Abstract

This dissertation recognizes the women in Sports as relevant issues to Social Studies, therefore it focus in the generation of female volleyball athletes during the 1980s in Brazil. It recovers the impact of this generation and describes the trajectory of the players that were part of the adult female volleyball team in Brazil in the 80’s decade; a period of profound transformations which marked the rise of the team on the world sports scene and the consolidation of the sport on the national scene. In addition, we aim to highlight the main facts that reinforced the consolidation of Brazilian volleyball throughout this period, analyzing the sports’ scouting process, the longevity and there tirement of these female athletes who played in that decade and also heir individual contribution to the rise of volleyball culture both nationally and internationally. This research was built from the methodological framework of the Thematic Oral History and used a semi-structured interview instrument script to guide the conversation with eleven volleyball players of the 1980s. In order to combine and contrast data we compare the narratives of these athletes with other documents. At last, we note that generation of athletes contributed not only to the rise of volleyball in the Brazilian sports scene, but also to the professionalization of the sport; to the promotion of the sport by mass media and it contributed to break many taboos about the maternity and the women's participation in sport, as in society.