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A New GnosisAll-Female Teams: In Quest of the Missing Archetype

A New Gnosis: All-Female Teams: In Quest of the Missing Archetype [Tales of men setting off on quests, fighting battles, accomplishing great deeds together, have been part of the narrative landscape for thousands of years. Conversely, nothing comparable has existed for the opposite sex. The aim of the present inquiry is to set out in quest of the missing archetype. I begin by investigating the reasons behind this extraordinary dichotomy: If men have their celebrated Brotherhood archetype, why do women lack an analogous Sisterhood archetype? Stories of cooperation or even of friendship between women are rare, and the few that do exist depict such alliances as diabolical and destructive. The archetypal image of women teaming up resembles what I call “Furyhood,” based on the mythical Furies of ancient Greece, rather than Sisterhood. The Furies, Maenads and Amazons of ancient myth resurface in the guise of male-bashing superheroine teams and female-ruled planets in the narratives of modern-day comics. Surprising as it may seem, stories of female bonding and collaboration are a very recent innovation in the history of comics and indeed in the Western narrative tradition as a whole. The rising trend in all-female superhero teams represents a paradigm shift that may finally be sowing the seeds of sisterhood in the pop-culture genre of the twenty-first century.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A New GnosisAll-Female Teams: In Quest of the Missing Archetype

Part of the Contemporary Religion and Popular Culture Book Series
Editors: Odorisio, David M.
Kaku, Jennifer Maile
A New Gnosis — Jan 1, 2023
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
ISBN
978-3-031-20126-4
Pages
161 –180
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-20127-1_8
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Abstract

[Tales of men setting off on quests, fighting battles, accomplishing great deeds together, have been part of the narrative landscape for thousands of years. Conversely, nothing comparable has existed for the opposite sex. The aim of the present inquiry is to set out in quest of the missing archetype. I begin by investigating the reasons behind this extraordinary dichotomy: If men have their celebrated Brotherhood archetype, why do women lack an analogous Sisterhood archetype? Stories of cooperation or even of friendship between women are rare, and the few that do exist depict such alliances as diabolical and destructive. The archetypal image of women teaming up resembles what I call “Furyhood,” based on the mythical Furies of ancient Greece, rather than Sisterhood. The Furies, Maenads and Amazons of ancient myth resurface in the guise of male-bashing superheroine teams and female-ruled planets in the narratives of modern-day comics. Surprising as it may seem, stories of female bonding and collaboration are a very recent innovation in the history of comics and indeed in the Western narrative tradition as a whole. The rising trend in all-female superhero teams represents a paradigm shift that may finally be sowing the seeds of sisterhood in the pop-culture genre of the twenty-first century.]

Published: Jan 1, 2023

Keywords: Archetype; Women; Gender; Comic books; Furyhood

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