Erotic mentoring: women's transformations in the university
They're everywhere in the academy: young, bright women mentored by older scholars, usually men, who attempt to mold them into their own masculine ideals. Janice Hocker Rushing's study of over 200 women and their life transformations is the subject of this eloquent book. Using the tropes of mythology and Jungian psychology, the author characterizes the many paths these women's academic lives take: as Muse for a faltering older scholar, as Mistress or wife, as the dutiful academic daughter. Their…
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They're everywhere in the academy: young, bright women mentored by older scholars, usually men, who attempt to mold them into their own masculine ideals. Janice Hocker Rushing's study of over 200 women and their life transformations is the subject of this eloquent book. Using the tropes of mythology and Jungian psychology, the author characterizes the many paths these women's academic lives take: as Muse for a faltering older scholar, as Mistress or wife, as the dutiful academic daughter. Their resistance to this power differential also takes many forms: as a Veiled Woman, silent in public but.
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- Publication Date:2010.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Left Coast Press Inc
- Place of Publication:Walnut Creek
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2010.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (326 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781598747997, 1598747991, 1598740261, 9781598740264, 1315429497, 9781315429496, 1315429470, 9781315429472
- oclc:ocn781309864
- LC Classification:LB2332.3 .R87 2006
- Dewey Decimal:305.42
Table of Contents
Contents; Foreword; Part I: Man-Made Maiden; 1. Alma Mater; 2. Maiden Lover; 3. Muse; 4. Mistress; 5. Brainchild; Part Ii: Fatal Attractions; 6. Siren; 7. Veiled Woman; 8. Amazon; Part Iii: One-in-Herself; 9. Psyche's Marriage; 10. Psyche's Labors; 11. Divine Child; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.
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