How Long to Read Mummified Deer and Other Plays

How Long Does it Take to Read Mummified Deer and Other Plays?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 33 minutes to read Mummified Deer and Other Plays by Luis Valdez

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

Description

For more than twenty years, Luis Valdez, the most distinguished Latino playwright and director, has reserved most of his scripts for live stage productions. His two landmark published collections, Early Works and Zoot Suit and Other Plays, are only a sampling of his early master works and of the later plays that made it to the stage in the 1980s. Now, Valdez has finally opened his trunk to release print editions of a revised early work and two brand new, major dramas. Mummified Deer is ValdezÍs mature exploration of the Yaqui Indian roots of Mexican American culture and ValdezÍs own family. Returning to the format of the tent show, Valdez mines maternal psychology and Yaqui mysticism to demand that characters scale the full gamut of emotions. In this gut-wrenching piece, Mama Chu is the dominant, imposing figure who must reconcile the present with the past and unify the conflicting histories and identities of her family. Mundo Mata is the long-awaited drama of unionizing farm workers battling the agribusiness power structure in California while Mexican Americans are being sent off to battle brown-skinned enemies in Vietnam. Valdez assesses the toll that families have to pay to remain united against divisive forces. It all comes down to Reymundo, the antihero, who in the end must weigh existential and political questions. The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa, ValdezÍs re-worked first play, still holds all the vision, spunk, and innovation of the young playwright. Injecting black humor into domestic drama, disembodied heads talk, mothers exchange roles with the patriarch, pachucos banter, and sell-outs become the mouthpieces for an oppressed community„all characters and themes that would dominate future plays of Valdez and subsequent Chicano literature.

How long is Mummified Deer and Other Plays?

Mummified Deer and Other Plays by Luis Valdez 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 Mummified Deer and Other Plays Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 51 minutes to read Mummified Deer and Other Plays aloud.

What Reading Level is Mummified Deer and Other Plays?

Mummified Deer and Other Plays 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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