How Long to Read Black Metaphors

How Long Does it Take to Read Black Metaphors?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Black Metaphors by Cord J. Whitaker

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

Description

In the late Middle Ages, Christian conversion could wash a black person's skin white—or at least that is what happens when a black sultan converts to Christianity in the English romance King of Tars. In Black Metaphors, Cord J. Whitaker examines the rhetorical and theological moves through which blackness and whiteness became metaphors for sin and purity in the English and European Middle Ages—metaphors that guided the development of notions of race in the centuries that followed. From a modern perspective, moments like the sultan's transformation present blackness and whiteness as opposites...

How long is Black Metaphors?

Black Metaphors by Cord J. Whitaker is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Black Metaphors Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read Black Metaphors aloud.

What Reading Level is Black Metaphors?

Black Metaphors 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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