How Long to Read Dancing in Shadows

How Long Does it Take to Read Dancing in Shadows?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 10 minutes to read Dancing in Shadows by Anna Haebich

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

Description

Dancing in Shadows explores the power of Indigenous performance pitted against the forces of settler colonisation. Historian Anna Haebich documents how the Nyungar people of Western Australia strategically and courageously adapted their rich performance culture to survive the catastrophe that engulfed them, and continue to generously share their culture, history, and language in theatre. In public corroborees, they performed their sovereignty to the colonists, and in community-only gatherings they danced and sang to bring forth resilience and spiritual healing. Pushed away by the colonists and denied their culture and lands, they continued to live and perform in the shadows over the years in combinations of the old and the new, including indigenised settler songs and dances. Nyungar people survived, and they now number around 40,000 people and constitute the largest Aboriginal nation in the Australian settler state. The ancient family lineages live in city suburbs and country towns, and they continue to perform to celebrate their ancestors and to strengthen community well-being by being together. Dancing in Shadows sheds light on the little-known history of Nyungar performance. [Subject: Theatre Studies, Sociology, History, Australian History, Aboriginal Studies]

How long is Dancing in Shadows?

Dancing in Shadows by Anna Haebich is 430 pages long, and a total of 107,500 words.

This makes it 145% the length of the average book. It also has 131% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Dancing in Shadows Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 47 minutes to read Dancing in Shadows aloud.

What Reading Level is Dancing in Shadows?

Dancing in Shadows 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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