How Long to Read One Big Self

How Long Does it Take to Read One Big Self?

It takes the average reader 3 hours to read One Big Self by Deborah Luster

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

Description

In 1998 photographer Deborah Luster and poet C.D. Wright set out to produce a record of Louisiana's prison population through image and text. One Big Self is a document to ward off forgetting, an opportunity for those inmates to present themselves as they would be seen, bringing what they own or borrow or use: work tools, objects of their making, messages of their choosing, their bodies, themselves. The photographer has been commissioned, in a sense, by the inmates to make portraits for their loved ones--trying to ensure a balance between photograph and subject, to connect the viewer, whether mother, child, friend, or stranger, to the prisoner. The view is inherently personal. Luster's finished portraits are printed on metal in the manner of tintypes, durable snapshot mementos popularized during the 1860s and '70s. The persistent gaze of both inmate and documentarian are what we see. The text testifies to what is in and out of view. Luster and Wright have set out to explore the dimensions of prisoners' lives beyond the crimes that have come to define them. They suggest that our punitive models reflect who we are just as much as our reward systems do. Everyone somehow is implicated.

How long is One Big Self?

One Big Self by Deborah Luster is 180 pages long, and a total of 45,000 words.

This makes it 61% the length of the average book. It also has 55% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read One Big Self Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 5 minutes to read One Big Self aloud.

What Reading Level is One Big Self?

One Big Self is suitable for students ages 10 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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