Title

The Saviors of Gullah Identity: Teaching Daughters of the Dust and the "Classics" of Black Women Writers.

Authors

Lewis, Mel; Cooper, Melissa L.

Abstract

This article explicitly names Julie Dash's 1991 film Daughters of the Dust as both a feminist studies and queer studies "classic." The authors both teach the film in various history, gender, queer, and ethnic studies courses. This article illuminates the complexities of Dash's work, makes legible the film's historical and cultural significance and context, emphasizes the work of Black women writers, and examines teaching methodologies for engaging the film in feminist classrooms. Centering a Black feminist pedagogical praxis, this article explores the challenges and successes the authors have had teaching Daughters.

Subjects

AFRICAN American women authors; GENDER studies; FEMINISTS; FEMINISM; METHODOLOGY

Publication

Feminist Formations, 2020, Vol 32, Issue 1, p216

ISSN

2151-7363

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1353/ff.2020.0018