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Article: Daughters and Fathers.
- Article from:
- Journal of Australian Studies
- Article date:
- September 1, 1997
- Author:
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In this collection eight daughters write of fathers, and five fathers of
daughters. Men take up less space, but women have not fought for it. A daughter
begins as a daughter. Her father is a constant, even when absent. These
daughter-writers seem more concerned with writing their particular fathers than
themselves as daughters (moving beyond daughterhood' faces all women writers).
Metaphors of journeying prevail. Delia Falconer's father's Alzheimer's disease
means that she and her mother wake up every morning in a new country' (p.