How Long to Read Beyond Ethnicity : Consent and Descent in American Culture
By Werner Sollors Professor of American Literature and Afro-American Studies Harvard University
How Long Does it Take to Read Beyond Ethnicity : Consent and Descent in American Culture?
It takes the average reader 5 hours and 19 minutes to read Beyond Ethnicity : Consent and Descent in American Culture by Werner Sollors Professor of American Literature and Afro-American Studies Harvard University
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Description
Nothing is "pure" in America, and, indeed, the rich ethnic mix that constitutes our society accounts for much of its amazing vitality. Werner Sollors's new book takes a wide-ranging look at the role of "ethnicity" in American literature and what that literature has said--and continues to say--about our diverse culture. Ethnic consciousness, he contends, is a constituent feature of modernism, not modernism's antithesis. Discussing works from every period of American history, Sollors focuses particularly on the tension between "descent" and "consent"--between the concern for one's racial, ethnic, and familial heritage and the conflicting desire to choose one's own destiny, even if that choice goes against one's heritage. Some of the stories Sollors examines are retellings of the biblical Exodus--stories in which Americans of the most diverse origins have painted their own histories as an escape from bondage or a search for a new Canaan. Other stories are "American-made" tales of melting-pot romance, which may either triumph in intermarriage, accompanied by new world symphonies, or end with the lovers' death. Still other stories concern voyages of self-discovery in which the hero attempts to steer a perilous course between stubborn traditionalism and total assimilation. And then there are the generational sagas, in which, as if by magic, the third generation emerges as the fulfillment of their forebears' dream. Citing examples that range from the writings of Cotton Mather to Liquid Sky (a "post-punk" science fiction film directed by a Russian emigre), Sollors shows how the creators of American culture have generally been attracted to what is most new and modern. About the Author: Werner Sollors is Chairman of the Afro-American Studies Department at Harvard University and the author of Amiri Baraka: The Quest for a Populist Modernism. A provocative and original look at "ethnicity" in American literature DTCovers stories from all periods of our nation's history DTRelates ethnic literature to the principle of literary modernism DT"Grave and hilarious, tender and merciless...The book performs a public service."-Quentin Anderson
How long is Beyond Ethnicity : Consent and Descent in American Culture?
Beyond Ethnicity : Consent and Descent in American Culture by Werner Sollors Professor of American Literature and Afro-American Studies Harvard University is 314 pages long, and a total of 79,756 words.
This makes it 106% the length of the average book. It also has 97% more words than the average book.
How Long Does it Take to Read Beyond Ethnicity : Consent and Descent in American Culture Aloud?
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 15 minutes to read Beyond Ethnicity : Consent and Descent in American Culture aloud.
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Beyond Ethnicity : Consent and Descent in American Culture is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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