How Long to Read Motherless Tongues

How Long Does it Take to Read Motherless Tongues?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Motherless Tongues by Vicente L. Rafael

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

Description

In Motherless Tongues, Vicente L. Rafael examines the vexed relationship between language and history gleaned from the workings of translation in the Philippines, the United States, and beyond. Moving across a range of colonial and postcolonial settings, he demonstrates translation's agency in the making and understanding of events. These include nationalist efforts to vernacularize politics, U.S. projects to weaponize languages in wartime, and autobiographical attempts by area studies scholars to translate the otherness of their lives amid the Cold War. In all cases, translation is at war...

How long is Motherless Tongues?

Motherless Tongues by Vicente L. Rafael is 272 pages long, and a total of 68,544 words.

This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Motherless Tongues Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Motherless Tongues aloud.

What Reading Level is Motherless Tongues?

Motherless Tongues 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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