"Exercise Teaches You the Pleasure of Discipline" – The Female Body in Jane Fonda´s Aerobics Videos
Year: 2018
Type: article
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 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?
Author: Woitas, Melanie
Language: English
Topic: Gender, Feminism, and Media
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2907211112