It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read Fragments and Meaning in Traditional Song by Mary-Ann Constantine
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This book takes a radical approach to the study of traditional songs. Folk song scholarship was originally obsessed with notions of completeness and narrative coherence; even now long narratives hold a privileged place in most folk song canons. Yet field notebooks and recordings (and, increasingly, publications) overwhelmingly suggest that apparently 'broken' and drastically shortened versions are not perceived as incomplete by those who sing them. Dealing with a wide range of traditions and languages, this study turns the focus on these 'dog-ends' of oral tradition, and looks closely at how...
Fragments and Meaning in Traditional Song by Mary-Ann Constantine is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.
This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read Fragments and Meaning in Traditional Song aloud.
Fragments and Meaning in Traditional Song is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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