![]() ![]() Elements such as idealised physiques apply equally to both genders and the majority of superpowers seem gender-neutral. ![]() Figures such as Wonder Woman fight and lead alongside their male counterparts, using masculine notions of leadership and camaraderie. It is the contention of this article that, to date, the superheroine myth has followed a similar structure to the superhero myth. It reveals how this text substitutes traditionally feminine tropes (such as mothering, passivity and purity) and taboos for the more usual elements underlying the superhero myth, and explores the effects of this replacement. This article uses Claude Lévi-Strauss's linguistic theories to examine the intersection of superheroic and feminine myths in Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean's Black Orchid. Publisher: Duncan of Jordanstone College, University of Dundee ![]() Superheroic in Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean's Black Can I call you Mommy? Myths of the feminine and ![]()
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