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On the fraught bonds between daughters and their fathers women and the patriarchy

In this beguiling incisive book critically acclaimed writer Katherine Angel examines the place of fathers in contemporary culture with her characteristic mix of boldness and nuance asking how the mixture of love and hatred we feel toward our fathersand patriarchal father figurescan be turned into a relationship that is generative rather than destructive

Moving deftly between psychoanalysis from Freud to Winnicott cultural visions of fathering from King Lear to Ivanka Trump and issues from incest to MeToo Angel probes the fraught bond of daughters and fathers women and the patriarchal regime What she asks is this discomfiting space of love and hateand how are we to reckon with both fealty and rebellion

As in her earlier book Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again Angel proves herself to be one of the most perceptive feminist writers at work today