How Long to Read Language and Revolutionary Magic in the Orinoco Delta

How Long Does it Take to Read Language and Revolutionary Magic in the Orinoco Delta?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 33 minutes to read Language and Revolutionary Magic in the Orinoco Delta by Juan Luis Rodriguez

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

Description

Winner of the 2021 New Voices Book Award by the Society for Linguistic Anthropology Exploring the ways in which the development of linguistic practices helped expand national politics in remote, rural areas of Venezuela, Language and Revolutionary Magic in the Orinoco Delta situates language as a mediating force in the creation of the 'magical state'. Focusing on the Waraos speakers of the Orinoco Delta, this book explores center–periphery dynamics in Venezuela through an innovative linguistic anthropological lens. Using a semiotic framework informed by concepts of 'transduction' and 'translation', this book combines ethnographic and historical evidence to analyze the ideological mediation and linguistic practices involved in managing a multi-ethnic citizenry in Venezuela. Juan Luis Rodriguez shows how indigenous populations participate in the formation and contestation of state power through daily practices and the use of different speech genres, emphasising the performative and semiotic work required to produce revolutionary subjects. Establishing the centrality of language and semiosis in the constitution of authority and political power, this book moves away from seeing revolution in solely economic or ideological terms. Through the collision between Warao and Spanish, it highlights how language ideologies can exclude or integrate indigenous populations in the public sphere and how they were transformed by Hugo Chavez' revolutionary government to promote loyalty to the regime.

How long is Language and Revolutionary Magic in the Orinoco Delta?

Language and Revolutionary Magic in the Orinoco Delta by Juan Luis Rodriguez is 212 pages long, and a total of 53,424 words.

This makes it 72% the length of the average book. It also has 65% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Language and Revolutionary Magic in the Orinoco Delta Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 51 minutes to read Language and Revolutionary Magic in the Orinoco Delta aloud.

What Reading Level is Language and Revolutionary Magic in the Orinoco Delta?

Language and Revolutionary Magic in the Orinoco Delta 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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