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%T "Exercise Teaches You the Pleasure of Discipline": The Female Body in Jane Fonda's Aerobics Videos %A Woitas, Melanie %J Historical Social Research %N 2 %P 148-164 %V 43 %D 2018 %K Aerobics; Jane Fonda; aerobics body; body ideals; female body image; women's body %@ 0172-6404 %~ GESIS %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-57729-8 %X 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? %C DEU %G en %9 journal article %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info