How Long to Read Hospitality in American Literature and Culture

How Long Does it Take to Read Hospitality in American Literature and Culture?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 23 minutes to read Hospitality in American Literature and Culture by Ana Maria Manzanas Calvo

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

Description

This volume examines hospitality in American immigrant literature and culture, situating this ancient virtue at the crossroads of space and border theory, and exploring the relationship among the intersecting themes of migration, citizenship, identity formation, and spatiality. Assessing the conditions, duration, and shifting roles of hosts and guests in the United States, the book concentrates on the ways the US administers protocols of belonging and non-belonging, and distinguishes between those who can feel at home from those who will always be outside the body politic, even if they were the original "hosts." The volume opens with a genealogy of hospitality through a focus on its sites, from its origins in the Bible, to its national and post-national renditions in contemporary American literature and culture. The authors explore recent representations of immigrant spatiality, from the space of the body in Spielberg's The Terminal and Frears's Dirty Pretty Things, to the different ways in which immigrants are incorporated into the United States in Alex Rivera's Sleep Dealer, Karen T. Yamashita's I Hotel, Junot Díaz's "Invierno," and Ernesto Quiñonez's Chango's Fire, concluding with the spectrality of the immigrant body in George Saunders' "The Semplica Girl Diaries." Timely and imperative in light of the legacies of colonialism, and the realities of modern-day globalization, this book will be of value to specialists in post-colonialism; American Studies; immigration, diaspora, and border studies; and critical race and gender studies for its innovative approaches to media and literary texts.

How long is Hospitality in American Literature and Culture?

Hospitality in American Literature and Culture by Ana Maria Manzanas Calvo is 202 pages long, and a total of 50,904 words.

This makes it 68% the length of the average book. It also has 62% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Hospitality in American Literature and Culture Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 38 minutes to read Hospitality in American Literature and Culture aloud.

What Reading Level is Hospitality in American Literature and Culture?

Hospitality in American Literature and Culture 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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