How Long to Read Mimetic Desires

How Long Does it Take to Read Mimetic Desires?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 11 minutes to read Mimetic Desires by Harshita Mruthinti Kamath

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

Description

Through an exploration of subjects such as Gandhi impersonators, performance artists, and ritual participants, Mimetic Desires makes an intervention toward understanding the phenomenon of impersonation and guising in South Asia and the world. This volume defines impersonation as the temporary assumption of an identity or guise in social and aesthetic performance that is perceived as not one’s own, and guising as sartorial and kinetic play more generally. Interrogating the legitimacy of the purported dialectic between the “real/original” and “fake/dupe,” Mimetic Desires refutes the ordering of identity along the lines of a binary or dichotomy that presupposes the myth of an original identity. By peeling back the layers of performative masks to reveal the process of the masquerade itself, we can see that those with the most social capital are often those with the most power and opportunities to impersonate “up” and “down” social hierarchies. The book’s twelve chapters disclose sites and processes of sociopolitical power facilitated by normative markers of social status relating to race, ethnicity, gender, caste, class, and religion—and how those markers can be manipulated to express and enhance individual and group power. The first comprehensive study to focus on impersonation in South Asia, Mimetic Desires expands on previous scholarship on impersonation and guising in vernacular theatre, dance, public processions, and religious rituals. It is particularly in conversation with the robust scholarship on gender performance in South Asia’s theatrical and dance forms. Mimetic Desires explores some of the contexts and forms of impersonation in South Asia, with its remarkable array of performing arts, to gain insight into the very human and quotidian practices of impersonation and guising.

How long is Mimetic Desires?

Mimetic Desires by Harshita Mruthinti Kamath is 305 pages long, and a total of 77,775 words.

This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 95% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Mimetic Desires Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 5 minutes to read Mimetic Desires aloud.

What Reading Level is Mimetic Desires?

Mimetic Desires 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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