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"Exercise Teaches You the Pleasure of Discipline": The Female Body in Jane Fonda's Aerobics Videos
'Exercise Teaches You the Pleasure of Discipline': Der weibliche Körper in den Aerobic-Videos von Jane Fonda
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Abstract The essay shows how Jane Fonda's aerobics video helped to produce a female body image that claims to differ from the normative standards given by society in a particular social segment. The so-called "aerobic body" was a hybrid of the prevailing delicate woman's body and a body which displays streng... view more
The essay shows how Jane Fonda's aerobics video helped to produce a female body image that claims to differ from the normative standards given by society in a particular social segment. The so-called "aerobic body" was a hybrid of the prevailing delicate woman's body and a body which displays strength and a regular training in the form of muscles. Following selected examples, the following questions will be addressed: How was the female body represented in the videos? How did this influence the common body ideal?... view less
Keywords
training (sports); sports; image of women; video clip; body image; social norm; woman; representation; Foucault, M.; influence; feminism; fitness
Classification
Social Psychology
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Other Media
Free Keywords
Aerobics; Jane Fonda; aerobics body; body ideals; female body image; women's body
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 148-164
Journal
Historical Social Research, 43 (2018) 2
Issue topic
Visualities - Sports, Bodies, and Visual Sources
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.43.2018.2.148-164
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed