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Works by Daniela Gioseffi

Associated Works

Cries of the Spirit: A Celebration of Women's Spirituality (2000) — Contributor — 376 copies, 2 reviews
Deep Down: The New Sensual Writing by Women (1988) — Contributor — 120 copies
Atomic Ghost: Poets Respond to the Nuclear Age (1995) — Contributor — 32 copies
Nine Apples: A Neopagan Anthology (1979) — Contributor — 6 copies
Telephone 8 — Contributor — 1 copy

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Birthdate
1941
Gender
female

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Blech. So very disappointed in this book. The blurbs on the back compared it to Erica Jong. No.

I don't know what the author's intent was for this book. It was silly and frankly seemed mean-spirited. I think it was meant to be a farce. But it wasn't funny enough. The author herself was a bellydancer and her descriptions of the dance make it seem silly. The feminism in the book is heavy handed. All the men except one at the end are all horrible people or in the case of the transvestite just shown as weird.

Hippies are put down. It seems that everyone is put down. In putting down everyone, I don't know what the author's point is. The main character who discovers bellydancing after a divorce and suicide attempt seems laughable too as she tries to turn everyone on to the great earth mother.

As a bellydyancer myself, I expected so much more from this book. I cannot recommend this to anyone. It's bad on so many levels.
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jezebellydancer | Jul 7, 2024 |
Daniela Gioseffi proselytizes something she has dubbed "earth dancing", which is essentially Oriental dance (belly dancing) done for the purpose of celebrating the female anatomy and the great Earth Mother Goddess. For my full-length review, see http://www.shira.net/books/breviews/gioseffi-earthdancing.htm .
 
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