Persephone's Triumph
Reflections of a Young Black Woman Becoming a Real Political Scientist
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2385163 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ruth Nicole Brown (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 650-659 |
| Publication date | 2007-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1077800407301177 |
| OpenAlex | W2074270244 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 2 |
This article is a poetic retelling of insight gained as a Black woman surviving graduate school. The purpose of this autoethnographic narrative is to document a few pivotal graduate school experiences that illustrate all that it means to become disciplined in and by higher education. Although the violence committed in such a privileged space may seem trivial, the hurt is real and needs to be given voice. Written to warn and to inspire those not yet overcoming, the metaphor of Persephone and Demeter (as adapted by Rita Dove) is invoked in this essay to demonstrate how it is more than possible to reign in the midst of pain
Art · Autoethnography · Cripple · Dove · Linguistics · Literal and figurative language · Literature · Metaphor · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Reign · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society
| Citations per year | 0.42 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |