GOSSIPS GORGONS AND CRONES is the first comprehensive analysis of nuclear-age culture and the accompanying return of female powers. Based in Feminist pre-patriarchal and Native American philosophies this book provides a biting critique of patriarchal practices myths and values including family values. Jane Caputi explores radically new interpretations of the significance of nuclear technology and the relationship of sexual abuse to scientific knowledge. She offers a vision of the future as 'female' one in which patriarchal customs will disappear and a 'new world chaos' will emerge where everything is equally sacred. Caputi entreats us not to attempt to control nature but to align ourselves with the true Fates - the goals or purposes - of the Earth. This is a brilliant new work sourced in the author's research from popular culture.