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Firm but Shapely, Fit but Sexy, Strong but Thin: The Postmodern Aerobicizing Female Bodies
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This paper aims to reconstruct the cultural dialogue surrounding the female body image in aerobics. To do this I have used several methods: ethnographic fieldwork, interviews, and media analysis. I found that the media ideal is a contradiction: firm but shapely, fit but sexy, strong but thin. Likewise, women’s relationships with the media image are contradictory: They struggle to obtain the ideal body, but they also find their battles ridiculous. I interpret my findings from a Foucaultian perspective to show how the discourse surrounding the female body image is part of a complex use of power over women in postmodern consumer society. In addition, I assume a feminist perspective that assigns an active role to the individual aerobicizers to question the power arrangement.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Markula, P.
- Venue
- Sociology of Sport Journal
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Published
- 1995-12
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 424-453
- ISSN
- 0741-1235 (ISSN-L)
- 1543-2785
- OpenAlex
- W38832680
- Cited by
- 399
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 6.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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