Daddy Issues, Katherine Angel
Daddy Issues, Katherine Angel
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Daddy Issues
Love and Hate in the Time of Patriarchy

Author: Katherine Angel

Narrator: Cat Gould

Unabridged: 1 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/15/2022


Synopsis

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 fathers—and patriarchal father figures—can 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 hate—and 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.

About Katherine Angel

Katherine Angel is the author of Daddy Issues: Love and Hate in the Time of Patriarchy, Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again, and Unmastered: A Book on Desire, Most Difficult to Tell. She teaches creative and critical writing at the University of London, and her writing has appeared in Granta, the White Review, and Los Angeles Review of Books, among other publications.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Roxane on June 20, 2019

A book length essay about daddy issues. There are some interesting, provocative observations throughout. Angel is an intelligent and nuanced thinker. This is a powerful topic with a lot to draw from in popular culture and I wanted the overall argument to be sharper, more refined. Lots to think about......more

Goodreads review by Raquel on October 14, 2020

Sharon Olds. Virginia Woolf. Valerie Solanas. Sarah Moss. Susan Bordo. Sophie Mackintosh. Kathryn Harrison. ¿Qué tienen todas en común?: deconstruyen la figura del padre. 🌾 «¿𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚊 𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚍𝚘 𝚎𝚕 𝚏𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚖𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚕 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚛𝚎? 𝙻𝚘𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚜, 𝚢 𝚙𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚘́𝚗 𝚕𝚊 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊 𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚡𝚞𝚊𝚕, 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜». 🌾 Mientra......more

Goodreads review by Carlos on October 31, 2020

Aburrido por anglosajón y heterosexual, además no entiendo muy bien por qué dedica páginas y páginas a resumir otros libros y películas, todos recientes y accesibles.......more

Goodreads review by Celeste on April 06, 2021

Interessante il tema e una bibliografia sfiziosa (da cui pescherò sicuramente altri titoli); peccato per la brevità: sicuramente uno studio più approfondito avrebbe portato a un saggio indimenticabile, ma almeno questo ha aperto una porta.......more

Goodreads review by ♡ Martina ♡ on September 15, 2024

2.75 ⭐ Interessante ma troppo corto! Un saggio molto interessante sulla figura "moderna" del padre e di come viene presentato all'interno di numerosi prodotti (come libri e film) ma, per quanto mi riguarda, l'ho trovato molto superficiale e breve. Il padre è colui che s'interessa alla vita (sentimenta......more