It takes the average reader 4 hours and 44 minutes to read Reconstructing Violence by Deborah E. Barker
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In this bold study of cinematic depictions of violence in the south, Deborah E. Barker explores the ongoing legacy of the “southern rape complex” in American film. Taking as her starting point D. W. Griffith’s infamous Birth of a Nation, Barker demonstrates how the tropes and imagery of the southern rape complex continue to assert themselves across a multitude of genres, time periods, and stylistic modes. Drawing from Gilles Deleuze’s work on cinema, Barker examines plot, dialogue, and camera technique as she considers several films: The Story of Temple Drake (1933), Sanctuary (1958), Touch...
Reconstructing Violence by Deborah E. Barker is 282 pages long, and a total of 71,064 words.
This makes it 95% the length of the average book. It also has 87% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 28 minutes to read Reconstructing Violence aloud.
Reconstructing Violence is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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