How Long to Read Public Memory in Early China

How Long Does it Take to Read Public Memory in Early China?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 4 minutes to read Public Memory in Early China by K. E. Brashier

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

Description

In early imperial China, the dead were remembered by stereotyping them, by relating them to the existing public memory and not by vaunting what made each person individually distinct and extraordinary in his or her lifetime. Their posthumous names were chosen from a limited predetermined pool; their descriptors were derived from set phrases in the classical tradition; and their identities were explicitly categorized as being like this cultural hero or that sage official in antiquity. In other words, postmortem remembrance was a process of pouring new ancestors into prefabricated molds or stamping them with rigid cookie cutters. Public Memory in Early China is an examination of this pouring and stamping process. After surveying ways in which learning in the early imperial period relied upon memorization and recitation, K. E. Brashier treats three definitive parameters of identity—name, age, and kinship—as ways of negotiating a person’s relative position within the collective consciousness. He then examines both the tangible and intangible media responsible for keeping that defined identity welded into the infrastructure of Han public memory.

How long is Public Memory in Early China?

Public Memory in Early China by K. E. Brashier is 528 pages long, and a total of 136,224 words.

This makes it 178% the length of the average book. It also has 166% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Public Memory in Early China Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 24 minutes to read Public Memory in Early China aloud.

What Reading Level is Public Memory in Early China?

Public Memory in Early China 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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