How Long to Read Children of Chinatown

How Long Does it Take to Read Children of Chinatown?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 16 minutes to read Children of Chinatown by Wendy Rouse Jorae

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

Description

Revealing the untold stories of a pioneer generation of young Chinese Americans, this book places the children and families of early Chinatown in the middle of efforts to combat American policies of exclusion and segregation. Wendy Jorae challenges long-held notions of early Chinatown as a bachelor community by showing that families - and particularly children - played important roles in its daily life. She explores the wide-ranging images of Chinatown's youth created by competing interests with their own agendas - from anti-immigrant depictions of Chinese children as filthy and culturally inferior to exotic and Orientalized images that catered to the tourist's ideal of Chinatown. All of these representations, Jorae notes, tended to further isolate Chinatown at a time when American-born Chinese children were attempting to define themselves as Chinese American. Facing barriers of immigration exclusion, cultural dislocation, child labor, segregated schooling, crime, and violence, Chinese American children attempted to build a world for themselves on the margins of two cultures. Their story is part of the larger American story of the struggle to overcome racism and realize the ideal of equality.

How long is Children of Chinatown?

Children of Chinatown by Wendy Rouse Jorae is 552 pages long, and a total of 139,104 words.

This makes it 186% the length of the average book. It also has 170% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Children of Chinatown Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 40 minutes to read Children of Chinatown aloud.

What Reading Level is Children of Chinatown?

Children of Chinatown 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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