Erotic mentoring : women's transformations in the university / Janice Hocker Rushing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rushing, Janice Hocker.

Series:

Writing lives--ethnographic narratives.

Writing lives--ethnographic narratives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women college teachers.

Women in higher education.

Feminism and higher education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Part I. Man-made maiden: Alma mater. Maiden lover. Muse. Mistress. Brainchild

Part II. Fatal attractions: Siren. Veiled woman. Amazon

Part III. One-in-herself: Psyche's marriage. Psyche's labors. Divine child.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-299) and index.

ISBN:

1-315-42949-7

1-315-42947-0

1-59874-799-1

9781315429496

OCLC:

711747403