{"id":11702,"date":"2020-02-27T21:32:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T03:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/?p=11702"},"modified":"2020-02-28T08:21:30","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T14:21:30","slug":"coody-opens-humanities-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/archives\/11702","title":{"rendered":"Coody opens Humanities Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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by Mari Pizzini–<\/strong>Dr. Elizabeth Coody brought pop culture to The Bible in Morningside College\u2019s inaugural Humanities Speaker Series Tuesday, Feb. 18. The Assistant Professor of Religious Studies spoke o the connections between DC Comics’ Wonder Woman and Harley Quinn, and Mary Magdalene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Coody\u2019s expertise is in biblical interpretation and pop culture. She used this skill set to study and write about changing origin stories within comics, and their influence on female power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She began her talk by defining \u201cmulti-vocal\u201d origin stories. Markets create multiple origins stories for characters to create \u201cjumping off\u201d places for readers, while creators use them to show different aspects of the characters.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cHearing where someone came from, or pivotal moments in their life, tells you about who they are,\u201d Dr. Coody said. \u201cOrigin stories are never innocent. They always have layers to them.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their multi-vocal origin stories then change the characters, which often creates points of weakness within female characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Coody said, \u201cOrigin stories help re-explain \u2013 or even undercut \u2013 how women claimed power. They must then own the poorest nature of their origin stories in order to claim power over them.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She explained that origin stories often followed a pattern: an uncomfortable origin, followed by a revised origin, and ending a look at a cultural discomfort or anxiety. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While describing Wonder Women, Dr. Coody said that both her origin stories \u2013 one from clay and magic, the other had a father-figure \u2013 are both real parts of her character. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Harley Quinn, Dr. Coody said \u201cagency shifts majorly across her stories. She actually did the transformation herself.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Mary Magdalene, her accuracy comes from how uncomfortable she makes her interpreters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cultural anxieties, including reproduction, community, abuse, violence, physicality, and women\u2019s roles in ministry, are all brought into the conversation when each character\u2019s multi-vocal story is looked at. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMultivocal stories from women can change their power based on the stories they tell about where they come from,\u201d Dr. Coody concluded. \u201cIt\u2019s not about them choosing the right one, but drowning power from the fact that they have multiple origin stories.\u201d    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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