How Long to Read Death and the Arc of Mourning in African American Literature

How Long Does it Take to Read Death and the Arc of Mourning in African American Literature?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 37 minutes to read Death and the Arc of Mourning in African American Literature by Anissa Janine Wardi

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Description

"A very impressive book. Wardi's redefinition of the African American pastoral and her treatment of the themes of death, blues, and the collective memory are original and exciting."--Charles Scruggs, University of Arizona This book examines the preponderance of death and its accompanying funerary and mourning rituals in the African American expressive tradition. Focusing on the relationship between geography and death in African American literature, Anissa Wardi argues that the American South represents an unmarked graveyard that is simultaneously the sacred locus of the ancestors and a material memorial to their suffering. She proposes a new theoretical map that expands the definition of “home” in African American studies. Wardi traces the evolution of the relationship between place and the culture of death from Jean Toomer's Cane through the works of Toni Morrison, Ernest Gaines, and Gloria Naylor, providing close readings of the intertextual play in A Gathering of Old Men, Of Love and Dust, Song of Solomon, Beloved, Linden Hills, and Jazz. In so doing, she provides a fresh definition of the African American pastoral and focuses on a new and significant area in African American literature--the importance of gravesites and death as modes of memory, illuminating the continuity between the living and the dead that is such an important theme in African American literature. Anissa Janine Wardi is assistant professor of English and director of cultural studies and African American studies at Chatham College, Pittsburgh.

How long is Death and the Arc of Mourning in African American Literature?

Death and the Arc of Mourning in African American Literature by Anissa Janine Wardi is 214 pages long, and a total of 54,356 words.

This makes it 72% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Death and the Arc of Mourning in African American Literature Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 57 minutes to read Death and the Arc of Mourning in African American Literature aloud.

What Reading Level is Death and the Arc of Mourning in African American Literature?

Death and the Arc of Mourning in African American Literature is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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