How Long to Read Passions of the Tongue

How Long Does it Take to Read Passions of the Tongue?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 51 minutes to read Passions of the Tongue by Sumathi Ramaswamy

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

Description

Why would love for their language lead several men in southern India to burn themselves alive in its name? Passions of the Tongue analyzes the discourses of love, labor, and life that transformed Tamil into an object of such passionate attachment, producing in the process one of modern India's most intense movements for linguistic revival and separatism. Sumathi Ramaswamy suggests that these discourses cannot be contained within a singular metanarrative of linguistic nationalism and instead proposes a new analytic, "language devotion." She uses this concept to track the many ways in which Tamil was imagined by its speakers and connects these multiple imaginings to their experience of colonial and post-colonial modernity. Focusing in particular on the transformation of the language into a goddess, mother, and maiden, Ramaswamy explores the pious, filial, and erotic aspects of Tamil devotion. She considers why, as its speakers sought political and social empowerment, metaphors of motherhood eventually came to dominate representations of the language.

How long is Passions of the Tongue?

Passions of the Tongue by Sumathi Ramaswamy is 339 pages long, and a total of 87,801 words.

This makes it 114% the length of the average book. It also has 107% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Passions of the Tongue Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 59 minutes to read Passions of the Tongue aloud.

What Reading Level is Passions of the Tongue?

Passions of the Tongue 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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