How Long to Read Portraits of Resistance

How Long Does it Take to Read Portraits of Resistance?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 49 minutes to read Portraits of Resistance by Jennifer Van Horn

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

Description

A highly original history of American portraiture that places the experiences of enslaved people at its center This timely and eloquent book tells a new history of American art: how enslaved people mobilized portraiture for acts of defiance. Revisiting the origins of portrait painting in the United States, Jennifer Van Horn reveals how mythologies of whiteness and of nation building erased the aesthetic production of enslaved Americans of African descent and obscured the portrait's importance as a site of resistance. Moving from the wharves of colonial Rhode Island to antebellum Louisiana...

How long is Portraits of Resistance?

Portraits of Resistance by Jennifer Van Horn is 344 pages long, and a total of 87,376 words.

This makes it 116% the length of the average book. It also has 107% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Portraits of Resistance Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 57 minutes to read Portraits of Resistance aloud.

What Reading Level is Portraits of Resistance?

Portraits of Resistance 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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