How Long to Read Bannermen Tales (Zidishu)

How Long Does it Take to Read Bannermen Tales (Zidishu)?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 30 minutes to read Bannermen Tales (Zidishu) by Elena Suet-Ying Chiu

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Bannermen Tales is the first book in English to offer a comprehensive study of zidishu (bannermen tales)—a popular storytelling genre created by the Manchus in early eighteenth-century Beijing. Contextualizing zidishu in Qing dynasty Beijing, this book examines both bilingual (Manchu-Chinese) and pure Chinese texts, recalls performance venues and features, and discusses their circulation and reception into the early twentieth century. With its original translations, musical score, and numerous illustrations of hand-copied and printed zidishu texts, this study opens a new window into Qing literature and provides a broader basis for evaluating the process of cultural hybridization. To go beyond readily available texts, author Elena Chiu engaged in intensive fieldwork and archival research, examining approximately four hundred hand-copied and printed zidishu texts housed in libraries in Mainland China, Taiwan, Germany, and Japan. Guided by theories of minority literature, cultural studies, and intertextuality, Chiu explores both the Han and Manchu cultures in the Qing dynasty through bannermen tales, and argues that they exemplified elements of Manchu cultural hybridization in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries while simultaneously attempting to validate and perpetuate the superiority of Manchu identity. With its original translations, musical score, and numerous illustrations of hand-copied and printed zidishu texts, this study opens a new window into Qing literature and provides a broader basis for evaluating the process of cultural hybridization.

How long is Bannermen Tales (Zidishu)?

Bannermen Tales (Zidishu) by Elena Suet-Ying Chiu is 384 pages long, and a total of 97,536 words.

This makes it 130% the length of the average book. It also has 119% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Bannermen Tales (Zidishu) Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 52 minutes to read Bannermen Tales (Zidishu) aloud.

What Reading Level is Bannermen Tales (Zidishu)?

Bannermen Tales (Zidishu) is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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