2018/06/19 by Woitas, Melanie
#Aerobics #Jane Fonda #Michel Foucault #aerobics body #body ideals #female body image #feminism #videos #women´s body
paper · doi:10.12759/hsr.43.2018.2.148-164
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?