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

• Autore: Rushing Janice Hocker
• Pubblicazione: Walnut Creek, : Left Coast Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.42
• Soggetto topico: Feminism and higher education; Women college teachers; Women in higher education; Education; Social Sciences; Theory & Practice of Education
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: EROTIC MENTORING
• ISBN: 1-315-42949-7; 1-315-42947-0; 1-59874-799-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458132203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Writing Lives