Synopsis
An ambitious history of masculinity and family, from the Bronze Age to the modern day, Fatherhood dares to offer a more caring and affirmative vision of the roles men currently play in society.
'A richly absorbing piece of history embedded in a wealth of wonderful storytelling. A pleasure to read’ - Vivian Gornick, author of Fierce Attachments
'An invigorating, impressively researched and...
Details
29 May 2025320 pages
9781035035748Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Fathers’ role in upholding the social order and their struggles with unruly sons are probed in this winsome and erudite study of patriarchy . . . Sedgwick teases out the contradictions between patriarchy as a doctrine of benevolent control and its reality as a form of constraint and domination that often breeds resistance. He plays on these ironies in elegant, evocative prose. It’s a fresh and insightful meditation on the paternal dilemma.Publishers Weekly
