How Long to Read Dockside Reading

How Long Does it Take to Read Dockside Reading?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 16 minutes to read Dockside Reading by Isabel Hofmeyr

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

Description

In Dockside Reading Isabel Hofmeyr traces the relationships among print culture, colonialism, and the ocean through the institution of the British colonial Custom House. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, dockside customs officials would leaf through publications looking for obscenity, politically objectionable materials, or reprints of British copyrighted works, often dumping these condemned goods into the water. These practices, echoing other colonial imaginaries of the ocean as a space for erasing incriminating evidence of the violence of empire, informed later censorship regimes under apartheid in South Africa. By tracking printed matter from ship to shore, Hofmeyr shows how literary institutions like copyright and censorship were shaped by colonial control of coastal waters. Set in the environmental context of the colonial port city, Dockside Reading explores how imperialism colonizes water. Hofmeyr examines this theme through the concept of hydrocolonialism, which puts together land and sea, empire and environment.

How long is Dockside Reading?

Dockside Reading by Isabel Hofmeyr is 75 pages long, and a total of 19,125 words.

This makes it 25% the length of the average book. It also has 23% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Dockside Reading Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 44 minutes to read Dockside Reading aloud.

What Reading Level is Dockside Reading?

Dockside Reading is suitable for students ages 8 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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