How Long to Read House/Garden/Nation

How Long Does it Take to Read House/Garden/Nation?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 3 minutes to read House/Garden/Nation by Iliana Yamileth Rodriguez

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

Description

How ironic, the author thought on learning of the Sandinista’s electoral defeat, that at its death the Revolutionary State left Woman, Violeta Chamorro, located at the center. The election signaled the end of one transition and the beginning of another, with Woman somewhere on the border between the neo-liberal and marxist projects. It is such transitions that Ileana Rodríguez takes up here, unraveling their weave of gender, ethnicity, and nation as it is revealed in literature written by women. In House/Garden/Nation the narratives of five Centro-Caribbean writers illustrate these times of transition: Dulce María Loynáz, from colonial rule to independence in Cuba; Jean Rhys, from colony to commonwealth in Dominica; Simone Schwarz-Bart, from slave to free labor in Guadeloupe; Gioconda Belli, from oligarchic capitalism to social democratic socialism in Nicaragua; and Teresa de la Parra, from independence to modernity in Venezuela. Focusing on the nation as garden, hacienda, or plantation, Rodríguez shows us these writers debating the predicament of women under nation formation from within the confines of marriage and home. In reading these post-colonial literatures by women facing the crisis of transition, this study highlights urgent questions of destitution, migration, exile, and inexperience, but also networks of value allotted to women: beauty, clothing, love. As a counterpoint on issues of legality, policy, and marriage, Rodriguez includes a chapter on male writers: José Eustacio Rivera, Omar Cabezas, and Romulo Gallegos. Her work presents a sobering picture of women at a crossroads, continually circumscribed by history and culture, writing their way.

How long is House/Garden/Nation?

House/Garden/Nation by Iliana Yamileth Rodriguez is 242 pages long, and a total of 60,984 words.

This makes it 82% the length of the average book. It also has 75% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read House/Garden/Nation Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 33 minutes to read House/Garden/Nation aloud.

What Reading Level is House/Garden/Nation?

House/Garden/Nation 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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