How Long to Read Barbershops, Bibles, and BET

How Long Does it Take to Read Barbershops, Bibles, and BET?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Barbershops, Bibles, and BET by Melissa Victoria Harris-Lacewell

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

Description

What is the best way to understand black political ideology? Just listen to the everyday talk that emerges in public spaces, suggests Melissa Harris-Lacewell. And listen this author has--to black college students talking about the Million Man March and welfare, to Southern, black Baptists discussing homosexuality in the church, to black men in a barbershop early on a Saturday morning, to the voices of hip-hop music and Black Entertainment Television. Using statistical, experimental, and ethnographic methods Barbershops, Bibles, and B.E.T offers a new perspective on the way public opinion and ideologies are formed at the grassroots level. The book makes an important contribution to our understanding of black politics by shifting the focus from the influence of national elites in opinion formation to the influence of local elites and people in daily interaction with each other. Arguing that African Americans use community dialogue to jointly develop understandings of their collective political interests, Harris-Lacewell identifies four political ideologies that constitute the framework of contemporary black political thought: Black Nationalism, Black Feminism, Black Conservatism and Liberal Integrationism. These ideologies, the book posits, help African Americans to understand persistent social and economic inequality, to identify the significance of race in that inequality, and to devise strategies for overcoming it.

How long is Barbershops, Bibles, and BET?

Barbershops, Bibles, and BET by Melissa Victoria Harris-Lacewell is 366 pages long, and a total of 93,696 words.

This makes it 124% the length of the average book. It also has 115% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Barbershops, Bibles, and BET Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 32 minutes to read Barbershops, Bibles, and BET aloud.

What Reading Level is Barbershops, Bibles, and BET?

Barbershops, Bibles, and BET 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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