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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458132203321

Autore

Rushing Janice Hocker

Titolo

EROTIC MENTORING [[electronic resource] ] : WOMEN''S TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE UNIVERSITY

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Walnut Creek, : Left Coast Press, 2010

ISBN

1-315-42949-7

1-315-42947-0

1-59874-799-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Collana

Writing Lives

Disciplina

305.42

Soggetti

Feminism and higher education

Women college teachers

Women in higher education

Education

Social Sciences

Theory & Practice of Education

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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