It takes the average reader 6 hours and 6 minutes to read Christianity and the Contest for Manhood in Late Antiquity by Nathan D. Howard
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In this book, Nathan Howard explores gender and identity formation in fourth-century Cappadocia, where pro-Nicene bishops used a rhetoric of contest that aligned with conventions of classical Greek masculinity. Howard demonstrates that epistolary exhibitions served as 'a locus for' asserting manhood in the fourth century. These performances illustrate how a culture of orality that had defined manhood among civic elites was reframed as a contest whereby one accrued status through merits of composition. Howard shows how the Cappadocians' rhetoric also reordered the body and materiality as...
Christianity and the Contest for Manhood in Late Antiquity by Nathan D. Howard is 357 pages long, and a total of 91,749 words.
This makes it 120% the length of the average book. It also has 112% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 21 minutes to read Christianity and the Contest for Manhood in Late Antiquity aloud.
Christianity and the Contest for Manhood in Late Antiquity is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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