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Book Reviews of Daughters of the Dust
Book Review: DAUGHTERS validates the spiritual cypher of women's rituals
Summary: 5 Stars
I appreciated being able to continue the journey with the Peasant Family and deepen and widen my personal relationship with them. Julie Dash and her creativity continue to nurture the American African experience by re-membering our collective consciouusness through language, image and ritual. I look expect to see a film manifested from the amount of energy Sister Julie released into this project and send her much love and light toward her endeavors.Book Review: Daughters of the Dust by Julie Dash
Summary: 5 Stars
A great deal of Dash's strength lies within her ability to capture the essence of not only the lead character, Amelia, but also of the other women that she encounters. Amelia's true self emerges as she completes her pilgrammage to the homeland of Dawtuh Island. Beginning with a tentative, impersonal anthropological study of her own people, Amelia learns of her roots and gains an appreciation for the simplicistic lives that her relatives lead. In the process, and quite accidentally, she discovers her true self. In both a literal and figurative sense, she takes communion with those who walked the land before her.
This book also succeeds in presenting stories and rituals from Africa in such a magical way that one can almost hear the spirits calling their sons and daughters home over the "big water". Dash effectively uses the geechee dialect sparingly and without mockery, so that the characters presented within this book are seen as members of a distinct culture, rather than circus side show spectacles.
This lyrical tale aroused my curiosity about a people who survived slavery with their ways intact, and it inspired in me a new appreciation for letting others live as they deem fit.
Book Review: FANTASTIC!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have never felt more at home with a book than I did with Daughters of the Dust. I didn't want to put it down!! Everytime I sat down to read this book, I felt like I was among family. This book is so rich and colorful and filled with things so familiar to African American life, it's impossible to describe and give it it's just due. READ IT!! It's a must!Book Review: Is there a daughters of the dust part 2
Summary: 5 Stars
This was such a well written book. The way Julia Dash developed the characters and described the scenery of the Gullah Islands caused me to want to visit South Carolina myself. I recommend this book to anyone.Book Review: Nice book for whole families to explore together.
Summary: 4 Stars
I am not much of a novel reader but I bought Daughters of the Dust because I am vacationing in the Sea Islands later this year. I found the stories to be captivating and descriptive of a life so different but somehow connected to my own. The pictures that Julia Dash painted of the island, the sounds and smells that she conjured up, and the feelings that she evoked made me feel almost as though I were there. This book is much better, more understandable than the movie. I highly recommend it for any family to read together, especially African American families with teenage girls.
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