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Book Daughters and Fathers in Feminist Novels

Download or read book Daughters and Fathers in Feminist Novels written by Barbara H. Sheldon and published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the father and the daughter in literature has often left the daughter with few options: a life with the father, marriage according to his wishes, death or ostracism as punishments for socially unacceptable behavior. Examples of this "master plot of the father-daughter story" are traced in the Bible, mythical stories, fairy tales, Freudian theories, and in King Lear. In the feminist novels under discussion, daughter-narrators break the taboos surrounding their fathers. They consciously foreground the culturally protected master plot and transcend it with alternate endings.

Book Every Father s Daughter

Download or read book Every Father s Daughter written by Margaret McMullan and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What is it about the relationship between fathers and daughters that provokes so much exquisite tenderness, satisfying communion, longing for more, idealization from both ends, followed often if not inevitably by disappointment, hurt, and the need to understand and forgive, or to finger the guilt of not understanding and loving enough?" writes Phillip Lopate, in his introduction to Every Father's Daughter, a collection of 25 personal essays by women writers writing about their fathers. The editor, Margaret McMullan, is herself a distinguished novelist and educator. About half of these essays were written by invitation for this anthology; others were selected by Ms. McMullan and her associate, Philip Lopate, who provides an introduction. The contributors include many well-known writers--Alice Munro, Jayne Anne Phillips, Alexandra Styron, Ann Hood, Bobbie Ann Mason, Maxine Hong Kingston, among others--as well as writers less well-known but no less cogent, inventive, perceptive, lacerating, questioning, or loving of their fathers.

Book Fathers  Daughters

Download or read book Fathers Daughters written by Maureen Murdock and published by . This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many women, the most important relationship in their lives has been with their father. Using myth, fairy tale, literature, and real-life stories, Jungian therapist Maureen Murdock reveals the unspoken truth about daughters and the immense power the fathers they idealize have over them.

Book Fathers and Daughters

    Book Details:
  • Author : Diana Gabaldon
  • Publisher : Signet Book
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN : 9780451200167
  • Pages : 328 pages

Download or read book Fathers and Daughters written by Diana Gabaldon and published by Signet Book. This book was released on 2000 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback just in time for Father's Day, this loving literary tribute--a companion to "Mothers & Daughters"--is filled with stories, memoirs, and photographs from today's best-loved writers, including Eileen Goudge, Faye Kellerman, J.A. Jance, Carol Nelson Douglas, Maxine O'Callaghan and others.

Book Daughters and Fathers in Feminist Novels

Download or read book Daughters and Fathers in Feminist Novels written by Barbara H. Sheldon and published by Peter Lang Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Friedrich-Alexander-Universiteat Erlangen-Neurnberg.

Book Father Figure

Download or read book Father Figure written by Jordan Shapiro and published by Little, Brown Spark. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thoughtful and "utterly mind-blowing" exploration of fatherhood and masculinity in the 21st century (New York Times). There are hundreds of books on parenting, and with good reason—becoming a parent is scary, difficult, and life-changing. But when it comes to books about parenting identity, rather than the nuts and bolts of raising children, nearly all are about what it's like to be a mother. Drawing on research in sociology, economics, philosophy, gender studies, and the author's own experiences, Father Figure sets out to fill that gap. It's an exploration of the psychology of fatherhood from an archetypal perspective as well as a cultural history that challenges familiar assumptions about the origins of so-called traditional parenting roles. What paradoxes and contradictions are inherent in our common understanding of dads? Might it be time to rethink some aspects of fatherhood? Gender norms are changing, and old economic models are facing disruption. As a result, parenthood and family life are undergoing an existential transformation. And yet, the narratives and images of dads available to us are wholly inadequate for this transition. Victorian and Industrial Age tropes about fathers not only dominate the media, but also contour most people's lived experience. Father Figure offers a badly needed update to our collective understanding of fatherhood—and masculinity in general. It teaches dads how to embrace the joys of fathering while guiding them toward an image of manliness for the modern world.

Book Between Fathers and Daughters

Download or read book Between Fathers and Daughters written by Linda Nielsen and published by Cumberland House Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last! A no-nonsense, entertaining, and insightful book for dads and daughters who want more from their relationship--or who want to understand and rebuild it on an adult level. Dr. Linda Nielsen addresses the questions that daughters and dads regularly ask her--and a lot more. Based on two decades of work with hundreds of dads and daughters, BETWEEN FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS summarizes cutting-edge research in clear language and offers compelling stories about real people--including well-known celebrities. With candor and humor, BETWEEN FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS exposes the half-truths, downright lies, and family dynamics that prevent so many dads and daughters from having a more relaxed, more meaningful, more communicative relationship, regardless of age. Explaining why most daughter-dad relationships haven't reached their full potential or have unraveled, Nielsen provides hope as she shows fathers and daughters how to make changes now!

Book Daddy Issues

    Book Details:
  • Author : Katherine Angel
  • Publisher : Verso Books
  • Release : 2022-06-14
  • ISBN : 1839764392
  • Pages : 97 pages

Download or read book Daddy Issues written by Katherine Angel and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 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.

Book Fatherless Women

    Book Details:
  • Author : Donna Griffin
  • Publisher : Professional Publishing
  • Release : 1998-09-01
  • ISBN : 9781881524366
  • Pages : 108 pages

Download or read book Fatherless Women written by Donna Griffin and published by Professional Publishing. This book was released on 1998-09-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Her Father s Daughter

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  • Author : Gene Stratton-Porter
  • Publisher : Xist Publishing
  • Release : 2015-06-08
  • ISBN : 1681950111
  • Pages : 349 pages

Download or read book Her Father s Daughter written by Gene Stratton-Porter and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-08 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: California in the 1920s In this novel, a young woman struggles to find her place in society in Gene Stratton-Porter's Her Father's Daughter. Set in California during the 1920's, two sisters must work through their relationship after their father's death. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes

Book Fatherless Daughters

Download or read book Fatherless Daughters written by Pamela Thomas and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving, elegantly written, and exhaustively researched account of what it means for a girl to lose a father to death or divorce—with advice for fatherless daughters on how to cope. “People who lose their parents early in life are like fellow war veterans. As soon as they discover that they are talking to someone else who has lost a parent, they know they are speaking the same language without uttering a word.” Pamela Thomas gives voice to this unspoken pain in Fatherless Daughters. Still haunted by her own father’s death when she was ten, Thomas decided to explore its effects. Though her journey began as a personal one, she soon felt the need to hear from other women and ended up interviewing more than one hundred fatherless women. They ranged in age from nineteen to ninety-four; they came from all areas of the country as well as Europe and Asia; some had lost their fathers to death, others to divorce or abandonment. Each account was unique, but the impact of a father’s loss was profound in every woman’s life. Thomas begins by defining what it means to be a father in our world. She discusses the initial shock of his loss, exploring the aspects that color how a young girl experiences it: her age at the time of her father’s death or abandonment, her mother’s behavior and attitudes, her place in the family vis-à-vis siblings, and the influence of a stepfather or father-surrogates. Thomas shows how a father’s early death or abandonment affects a woman’s emotional health and self-esteem, her body image, her sexual experiences, her marriage, her family life, and her career. Perhaps most important, Thomas offers compassionate advice for coming to terms with father loss, even late in life, from actively mourning, to healing, to starting fresh.

Book Fathers and Daughters in the Hebrew Bible

Download or read book Fathers and Daughters in the Hebrew Bible written by Johanna Stiebert and published by Oxford University Press (UK). This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the fullest examination of father-daughter depictions in the Hebrew Bible to date. While father-son depictions are more prominent, there none the less exists a broad spectrum of metaphors, myths, legal texts and narrative accounts featuring daughters alongside fathers. When this full range is taken into account, instead of - like many preceding approaches, which have looked at more lurid examples (like the narrative of Jephthah's sacrifice ofhis daughter, or Lot's incest with his daughters) in isolation - it emerges that the daughter is depicted also in very affectionate terms. The daughter is not invisible in the Hebrew Bible: she emergesas integral part of the family and, occasionally at least, as the most cherished and the most deserving of her father's protection.

Book Franny s Father is a Feminist

Download or read book Franny s Father is a Feminist written by Rhonda Leet and published by POW! Kids Books. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Franny's Father is a Feminist. It's simple, really! He knows that girls can do anything boys can do, and raises Franny to believe that she deserves all the same rights, freedoms, and opportunities to fulfill her dreams that he had. Through sweet, straight-forward prose, Franny's Father portrays the loving bond between a young girl, and her father who isn't afraid of bucking gender norms in order to ensure that his daughter grows up smart, strong, and full of self confidence. From teaching her to fix her own bicycle and splashing in the mud, to cheering at ballet recitals and supporting Franny's mother in her career, Franny's Father displays what it means for a man to be a Feminist, and how male Feminism can play a vital role in the empowerment of young women.

Book Their Fathers  Daughters

Download or read book Their Fathers Daughters written by Elizabeth Kowaleski-Wallace and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study addresses what it means for a woman writer to identify strongly with her father by examining two late 18th century writers, Hannah More and Maria Edgeworth.

Book Raising Empowered Daughters

Download or read book Raising Empowered Daughters written by Mike Adamick and published by Seal Press. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fists-up handbook for helping dads help their daughters resist the patriarchy, written by popular feminist dad blogger Mike Adamick As a primary male role model in a girl's life, a father influences his daughter in profound ways, from the way she defines her female identity to what she expects from men. In Raising Empowered Daughters, Mike Adamick offers a wise and witty handbook for dads, suggesting ways to raise girls who won't settle for second-class-citizenship. Examining the extraordinary array of sexisms-both subtle and not-so-subtle-girls encounter, Adamick highlights not just the ways that girls and boys are treated differently but how the roles of moms and dads are shaped by society, too. Full of eye-opening anecdotes and dad-relatable humor, this is a necessary guide for every father who wants to raise a confident daughter.

Book Daughters  Fathers  and the Novel

Download or read book Daughters Fathers and the Novel written by Lynda Marie Zwinger and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interprets the fundamental relationship between fathers and daughters in fiction as the father proposing, and the daughter either accepting or refusing. Considers a wide range of works and writers, from Little women and Huck Finn to Henry James and The Story of O. Paper edition (unseen), $12.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book The Wounded Woman

    Book Details:
  • Author : Linda Schierse Leonard
  • Publisher : Ohio University Press
  • Release : 1982-01-01
  • ISBN : 0804040028
  • Pages : 208 pages

Download or read book The Wounded Woman written by Linda Schierse Leonard and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an invaluable key to self-understanding. Using examples from her own life and the lives of her clients, as well as from dreams, fairy tales, myths, films, and literature, Linda Schierse Leonard, a Jungian analyst, exposes the wound of the spirit that both men and women of our culture bear—a wound that is grounded in a poor relationship between masculine and feminine principles. Leonard speculates that when a father is wounded in his own psychological development, he is not able to give his daughter the care and guidance she needs. Inheriting this wound, she may find that her ability to express herself professionally, intellectually, sexually, and socially is impaired. On a broader scale, Leonard discusses how women compensate for cultural devaluation, resorting to passive submission (“the Eternal Girl”), or a defensive imitation of the masculine (“the Armored Amazon”). The Wounded Woman shows that by understanding the father-daughter wound and working to transform it psychologically, it is possible to achieve a fruitful, caring relationship between men and women, between fathers and daughters, a relationship that honors both the mutuality and the uniqueness of the sexes.