Daughters of the Dust - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Daughters of the Dust write by Julie Dash. This book was released on 2021-06-22. Daughters of the Dust available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Teaching Daughters of the Dust As a Womanist Film and the Black Arts Aesthetic of Filmmaker Julie Dash
Teaching Daughters of the Dust As a Womanist Film and the Black Arts Aesthetic of Filmmaker Julie Dash - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Teaching Daughters of the Dust As a Womanist Film and the Black Arts Aesthetic of Filmmaker Julie Dash write by Patricia Williams Lessane. This book was released on 2020-07-06. Teaching Daughters of the Dust As a Womanist Film and the Black Arts Aesthetic of Filmmaker Julie Dash available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
The Dust That Falls from Dreams
The Dust That Falls from Dreams - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Dust That Falls from Dreams write by Louis de Bernieres. This book was released on 2015-08-04. The Dust That Falls from Dreams available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the acclaimed author of Corelli’s Mandolin, here is a sumptuous, sweeping, powerfully moving new novel about a British family whose lives and loves are indelibly shaped by the horrors of World War I and the hopes for its aftermath. In the brief golden years of the Edwardian era the McCosh sisters—Christabel, Ottilie, Rosie and Sophie—grow up in an idyllic household in the countryside south of London. On one side, their neighbors are the proper Pendennis family, recently arrived from Baltimore, whose close-in-age boys—Sidney, Albert and Ashbridge—shake their father’s hand at breakfast and address him as “sir.” On the other side is the Pitt family: a “resolutely French” mother, a former navy captain father, and two brothers, Archie and Daniel, who are clearly “going to grow up into a pair of daredevils and adventurers.” In childhood this band is inseparable, but the days of careless camaraderie are brought to an abrupt halt by the outbreak of The Great War, in which everyone will play a part. All three Pendennis brothers fight in the hellish trenches at the front; Daniel Pitt becomes an ace fighter pilot with his daredevil tendencies intact; Rosie and Ottilie McCosh volunteer in the hospitals, where women serve with as much passion and nearly as much hardship as the men at the front; Christabel McCosh becomes one of the squad of photographers sending “snaps” of their loved ones at home to the soldiers; and Sophie McCosh drives for the RAF in France. In the aftermath of the war, as “the universal joy and relief were beginning to be tempered by . . . an atmosphere of uncertainty,” everyone must contend with the modern world that is slowly emerging from the ashes of the old. A wholly immersive novel about a particular time and place, The Dust That Falls from Dreams also illuminates the timeless ways in which men and women carry profound loss alongside indelible hope.
Out of the Dust (Scholastic Gold)
Out of the Dust (Scholastic Gold) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Out of the Dust (Scholastic Gold) write by Karen Hesse. This book was released on 2012-09-01. Out of the Dust (Scholastic Gold) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Acclaimed author Karen Hesse's Newbery Medal-winning novel-in-verse explores the life of fourteen-year-old Billie Jo growing up in the dust bowls of Oklahoma. Out of the Dust joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!"Dust piles up like snow across the prairie. . . ."A terrible accident has transformed Billie Jo's life, scarring her inside and out. Her mother is gone. Her father can't talk about it. And the one thing that might make her feel better -- playing the piano -- is impossible with her wounded hands.To make matters worse, dust storms are devastating the family farm and all the farms nearby. While others flee from the dust bowl, Billie Jo is left to find peace in the bleak landscape of Oklahoma -- and in the surprising landscape of her own heart.
Symbolizing the Past
Symbolizing the Past - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Symbolizing the Past write by Sandra M. Grayson. This book was released on 2000. Symbolizing the Past available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Reading Sankofa, Daughters of the Dust, & Eve's Bayou as Histories
