How Long to Read Deities and Devotees

How Long Does it Take to Read Deities and Devotees?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Deities and Devotees by Uma Maheswari Bhrugubanda

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

Description

How have cinema and popular religion shaped each other? Is the display of devotion in a cinema hall the same as devotion in a temple? How do we understand cinema’s compelling power to mesmerize people? Unlike Hindi cinema, mythological and devotional films remained popular genres in Telugu (and Tamil too) until quite recently. The political success of film star N.T. Rama Rao, well-known for his portrayal of gods and kings, posed afresh the problem of cinema’s power to enthral. To what extent viewers were persuaded of his divinity became a matter of debate. In later decades, the figure of another kind of viewer haunted the discourses around cinema, that of the female viewer who got possessed during screenings of goddess films. Using questions around viewership as the focal point, this book studies the intersections between popular cinema, religion, and politics in South India. The first full-length study of Telugu mythological and devotional films, it combines an account of the history and politics of these genres with an anthropology of film-making and viewership practices. It argues that cinema and other audio-visual technologies lead to the re-orientation of sensibilities and the cultivation of new sensory modes.

How long is Deities and Devotees?

Deities and Devotees by Uma Maheswari Bhrugubanda is 309 pages long, and a total of 80,031 words.

This makes it 104% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Deities and Devotees Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Deities and Devotees aloud.

What Reading Level is Deities and Devotees?

Deities and Devotees 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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