A review by carriekellenberger
Daughters of the Dreaming by Diane Bell

3.0

A 1975 anthropological study on women's roles in Australian Aboriginal desert culture. The first time I read this book was in 1993 in university. It is meticulous and well written. I can't think of any cultural topics that Bell doesn't cover in Daughters of the Dreaming.

It might be the learning nerd in me, but I enjoy going back 25 years to what I was reading in university to see how I feel about it today at age 46.

I haven't found any follow-up studies on these women. I'm curious to know what is happening with them today. In the 70s, the press of modern society was just starting to be seen amongst these people.