Olympic Games and the Presence of Judoca Women in the Pages of Veja Magazine (1988 a 2016)

Abstract

This article sought to analyze the representations of Brazilian judoka athletes published on the pages of Veja magazine, between the period from 1988 to 2016. The choice of this time frame is justified by the fact that the Seoul Olympic Games, in 1988, was the first edition female judo, even though it was on the program only as a “sport presentation”, in which Brazilian female judocas were there. The investigative cut begins in 1988 and, the other years consulted, correspond to the following editions in which the Olympic Games took place, ending in 2016, when Brazilian female judo began to gain greater notoriety. In the years selected for the study, a search was made for the terms “Judo” and “Olympic Games”. From this first search, 12 reports were selected from the session called “Sports, Olympics” and others of lesser impact. In order to contemplate that context, after collecting the sources, the information was organized and grouped, which were separated by elements of the same class and separated into folders, being subsequently submitted to the thematic content analysis.