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Potter, Amanda. "Classical Monsters and Hero(ines) in InSEXts, Eros/Psyche and Porcelain." thersites 17 2023. Accessed 6Aug. 2026. <https://thersites-journ ... hp/thr/article/view/247>. Added by: joachim (06/08/2026, 23:27) Last edited by: joachim (07/08/2026, 09:53) |
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| Resource type: Web Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed Published DOI: 10.34679/thersites.vol17.247 BibTeX citation key: Potter2023 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: "Eros/Psyche", "InSEXts", "Porcelain", Bennett. Marguerite, Classical antiquity, Kristantina. Ariela, Llovet. Maria, Monster, Myth, Spain (country), USA Creators: Potter Collection: thersites |
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This paper applies Monster Theory to the use of Greek mythology in three creator-owned comic series by female writers: InSEXts (2016 – 2017) by American comic writer Marguerite Bennett and Indonesian artist working in America Ariela Kristantina as well as Eros/Psyche (2021) and Porcelain (2021) by Maria Llovet, a comic writer and artist from Barcelona. In the first volume of InSEXts, set in Victorian London, there are allusions to the Furies and Pandora, linked with the discourse of the repression of women. In the second volume, set in the late nineteenth century Paris art world, the representation of classical subjects in art becomes a means to repress women, and a goddess with a Gorgon-like appearance takes revenge on the male repressors. In Eros/Psyche the story of Eros and Psyche and broken statues forms the backdrop and context for a tale of love and deception at a girls’ school, and in Porcelain a girl is faced with a choice of paths towards Eros or Thanatos, like Herakles at the crossroads choosing between the paths of virtue and vice. With reference to Cohen’s seven theses of Monster Culture I examine how Bennett and Lovett subvert the idea of the monster and the hero.
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