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Author : Julie Dash
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2021-06-22
Daughters Of The Dust written by Julie Dash and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-22 with Fiction categories.
Drawing from the magical world of her iconic Sundance award-winning film, Julie Dash’s stand-alone novel tells another rich, historical tale of the Gullah-Geechee people: a multigenerational story about a Brooklyn College anthropology student who finds an unexpected homecoming when she heads to the South Carolina Sea Islands to study her ancestors. Set in the 1920s in the Sea Islands off the Carolina coast where the Gullah-Geechee people have preserved much of their African heritage and language, Daughters of the Dust chronicles the lives of the Peazants, a large, proud family who trace their origins to the Ibo, who were enslaved and brought to the islands more than one hundred years earlier. Native New Yorker and anthropology student Amelia Peazant has always known about her grandmother and mother’s homeland of Dawtuh Island, though she’s never understood why her family remains there, cut off from modern society. But when an opportunity arises for Amelia to head to the island to study her ancestry for her thesis, she is surprised by what she discovers. From her multigenerational clan she gathers colorful stories, learning about "the first man and woman," the slaves who walked across the water back home to Africa, the ways men and women need each other, and the intermingling of African and Native American cultures. The more she learns, the more Amelia comes to treasure her family and their traditions, discovering an especially strong kinship with her fiercely independent cousin, Elizabeth. Eyes opened to an entirely new world, Amelia must decide what’s next for her and find her role in the powerful legacy of her people. Daughters of the Dust is a vivid novel that blends folktales, history, and anthropology to tell a powerful and emotional story of homecoming, the reclamation of cultural heritage, and the enduring bonds of family.
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Author : Julie Dash
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Daughters Of The Dust written by Julie Dash and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with African Americans categories.
"Julie Dash's award-winning film, Daughters of the Dust, was a joyful, evocative portrait of a family of independent African-American women at the turn of the century. Now Dash returns to those characters and the Gullah culture of the Sea Islands in a novel that traces a young woman's journey back to her roots to reclaim her heritage." --Back cover.
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Author : Julie Dash
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Daughters Of The Dust written by Julie Dash and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Fiction categories.
Describes the author's sixteen-year struggle to complete her film
Daughters Of The Dust
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Author : Julie Dash
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Daughters Of The Dust written by Julie Dash and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Performing Arts categories.
Describes the author's sixteen-year struggle to complete her film
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Author : Julie Dash
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 1999-02-01
Daughters Of The Dust written by Julie Dash and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-02-01 with Fiction categories.
Drawing from the magical world of her iconic Sundance award-winning film, Julie Dash’s stand-alone novel tells another rich, historical tale of the Gullah-Geechee people: a multigenerational story about a Brooklyn College anthropology student who finds an unexpected homecoming when she heads to the South Carolina Sea Islands to study her ancestors. Set in the 1920s in the Sea Islands off the Carolina coast where the Gullah-Geechee people have preserved much of their African heritage and language, Daughters of the Dust chronicles the lives of the Peazants, a large, proud family who trace their origins to the Ibo, who were enslaved and brought to the islands more than one hundred years earlier. Native New Yorker and anthropology student Amelia Peazant has always known about her grandmother and mother’s homeland of Dawtuh Island, though she’s never understood why her family remains there, cut off from modern society. But when an opportunity arises for Amelia to head to the island to study her ancestry for her thesis, she is surprised by what she discovers. From her multigenerational clan she gathers colorful stories, learning about "the first man and woman," the slaves who walked across the water back home to Africa, the ways men and women need each other, and the intermingling of African and Native American cultures. The more she learns, the more Amelia comes to treasure her family and their traditions, discovering an especially strong kinship with her fiercely independent cousin, Elizabeth. Eyes opened to an entirely new world, Amelia must decide what’s next for her and find her role in the powerful legacy of her people. Daughters of the Dust is a vivid novel that blends folktales, history, and anthropology to tell a powerful and emotional story of homecoming, the reclamation of cultural heritage, and the enduring bonds of family.
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Author : Julie Dash
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Daughters Of The Dust written by Julie Dash and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with categories.
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Author : Julie Dash
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
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Teaching Daughters Of The Dust As A Womanist Film And The Black Arts Aesthetic Of Filmmaker Julie Dash
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Author : Patricia Williams Lessane
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Release Date : 2020-07-06
Teaching Daughters Of The Dust As A Womanist Film And The Black Arts Aesthetic Of Filmmaker Julie Dash written by Patricia Williams Lessane and has been published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-06 with categories.
This book celebrates the importance and influence of Daughters of the Dust and positions it within the discourses of Black Feminism, Womanism, the LA Rebellion, New Black Cinema, Great Migration, The Black Arts tradition, Oral History, African American/Black/ African diasporan Studies, and Black film/cinema studies.
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Author : Jacquelyn Benton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
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Daughter Of Dust
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Author : Wendy Wallace
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2009-10-01
Daughter Of Dust written by Wendy Wallace and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Leila understands from early on that she is not part of normal Sudanese society. Her parents are unable to care for her, so she is banished to a strict orphanage, along with children born outside marriage. At school, Leila and her best friend Amal are called 'daughters of sin'. Her pretty sister, Zulima, is married off to a much older man, while the nannies say an abandoned girl is lucky to get an offer of marriage at all. At the age of ten, both Leila and Amal endure female circumcision. Suffering appalling prejudice, and thought to bring the 'evil eye', Leila remains outgoing and brave and manages to get an education. She goes on to marry, have four children, and divorce, yet even grown up she continues to know the stigma of being abandoned. Undaunted, Leila founds her own charity to help those shunned as outcasts and she continues to work tirelessly to dispel prejudice. This beautifully written, graceful memoir perfectly evokes the heat and colour of the North African desert and tells of the true friendships that are born out of adversity.