It takes the average reader 4 hours and 15 minutes to read Authority and the Mountaineer in Cormac McCarthy’s Appalachia by Gabe Rikard
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The author uses theories on power, resistance and discipline developed by Michel Foucault to analyze the interactions of mountaineers and the authorities who have attempted to “modernize” them. The book shows how McCarthy manipulates Appalachian images while engaging in a form of archeology of Appalachian constructs. Initially the book explores the interplay of the dominance/resistance duality. Roads provided ways into the mountains for industry and ways out for the mountaineer, cotton mill villages and regional cities served as “disciplined” destinations for Appalachian out-migrants....
Authority and the Mountaineer in Cormac McCarthy’s Appalachia by Gabe Rikard is 248 pages long, and a total of 63,984 words.
This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 49 minutes to read Authority and the Mountaineer in Cormac McCarthy’s Appalachia aloud.
Authority and the Mountaineer in Cormac McCarthy’s Appalachia is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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