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<journal-id>0807-8967</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Diacrítica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Diacrítica]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0807-8967</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro de Estudos Humanísticos da Universidade do Minho]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0807-89672024000100183</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21814/diacritica.5660</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[WHITMAN&#8217;S DEMOCRATIC CITIZEN]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[O CIDADÃO DEMOCRÁTICO DE WHITMAN]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pereira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge C.]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade do Minho ELACH DEINA]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Braga ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2024</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2024</year>
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<volume>38</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>183</fpage>
<lpage>193</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0807-89672024000100183&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0807-89672024000100183&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0807-89672024000100183&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Resumo Em 1858, uma série de ensaios sob o título Manly Health and Training foi publicada no New York Atlas, escrita por Walt Whitman sob o pseudónimo Mose Velsor. O objectivo declarado era discutir sugestões e ideias para melhorar a condição física geral dos leitores. Whitman via esta como uma condição necessária para ir ao encontro do carácter democrático do país. Da leitura do seu guia percebemos como, para ele, a saúde do corpo político depende da saúde e do vigor físico dos seus cidadãos. De uma forma típica a Whitman, os ensaios abordam uma multiplicidade de tópicos para além das questões habituais esperadas de um manual de saúde e condição física. Para além das questões habituais de dieta e exercício, Whitman fala também de política, moralidade, clima, longevidade, atletismo grego, hábitos de higiene. Este artigo centrar-se-á nas ideias de Whitman sobre os padrões físicos que, na sua opinião, o povo americano deveria alcançar para escorar a democracia americana, relacionando-as com a visão que Whitman tinha de Ulysses Grant como um exemplo do cidadão americano &#8216;ideal&#8217; e aventurando-se também a explicar por que razão o poeta foi tão compreensivo para com este último durante a sua conturbada presidência.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract In 1858 a series of essays titled Manly Health and Training made their appearance in the New York Atlas, written by Walt Whitman under the penname of Mose Velsor. The professed goal was to discuss suggestions and ideas to improve the general physical condition of its readers. Whitman regarded this as a necessary condition to match America&#8217;s democratic character. Indeed, from reading his guide we can see how for him the health of the body politic is dependent on the health and physical vigour of its citizens. In typical Whitman fashion, the essays address a multitude of topics other than the usual issues expected of a fitness manual. Besides the customary issues of diet and exercise, he also talks politics, morality, the weather, longevity, Greek athleticism, hygiene habits. This article will focus on Whitman&#8217;s thoughts about the physical standards he believed the American people ought to meet to sustain American democracy, link this with Whitman&#8217;s view of Ulysses Grant as an example of the &#8216;ideal&#8217; American citizen and also venture why he was so understanding towards the latter during his troubled presidency.]]></p></abstract>
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