It takes the average reader 2 hours and 53 minutes to read Off the Wall by Zeina Maasri
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"In this illustrated work, Zeina Maasri tells the tumultuous story of the struggle for Lebanon through the poster wars which raged on its streets. From 1975 to 1990, different factions in Lebanon's civil conflict flooded the streets with posters to mobilize their constituencies, undermine their enemies, and create public sympathy for their cause. Showcased here for the first time, the posters display a dramatic clash of cultures, ideologies and meanings. Maasri shows how the iconography of the posters changed over time, and links this to changing political identities and communities as the war progressed. She looks at the aesthetic influences of different groups, from modern Arab visual culture to as far afield as Latin America and revolutionary Iran. She urges a radical rethink of the idea and function of political posters in civil war contexts, too often dismissed as mere 'propaganda', arguing instead that they should be seen as symbolic sites of struggle, every bit as fiercely --
Off the Wall by Zeina Maasri is 168 pages long, and a total of 43,344 words.
This makes it 57% the length of the average book. It also has 53% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 56 minutes to read Off the Wall aloud.
Off the Wall is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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