Daddy Issues: Love and Hate in the Time of Patriarchy

On the fraught bonds between daughters and their fathers, women and the patriarchywomen 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 psychoanalys...