How Long to Read Gesture, Gender, Nation

How Long Does it Take to Read Gesture, Gender, Nation?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 53 minutes to read Gesture, Gender, Nation by Mary M. Doi

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

Description

The national dancers of Uzbekistan are almost always female. In a society that has been Muslim for nearly seven hundred years, why and how did unveiled female dancers become a beloved national icon during the Soviet period? Also, why has their popularity continued after the Uzbek republic became independent? The author argues that dancers, as symbolic girls or unmarried females in the Uzbek kinship system, are effective mediators between extended kin groups, and the Uzbek nation-state. The female dancing body became a tabula rasa upon which the state inscribed, and reinscribed, constructions of Uzbek nationalism. Doi describes the politics of gender in households as well as the dominant kinship idioms in Uzbek society. She traces the rise of national dance as a profession for women during the Soviet period, prior to which women wore veils and kept purdah. The final chapter examines emerging notions of Uzbek, as regional and national groups contest the notion through debates about what constitutes authentic Uzbek dance. Doi concludes with a comparative discussion of the power of marginality, which enabled Uzbeks to maintain a domain where Uzbek culture and history could be honored, within the Russocentric hegemony of the Soviet state.

How long is Gesture, Gender, Nation?

Gesture, Gender, Nation by Mary M. Doi is 168 pages long, and a total of 43,344 words.

This makes it 57% the length of the average book. It also has 53% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Gesture, Gender, Nation Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 56 minutes to read Gesture, Gender, Nation aloud.

What Reading Level is Gesture, Gender, Nation?

Gesture, Gender, Nation is suitable for students ages 10 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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