How Long to Read Rhetorics and Politics in Afghan Traditional Storytelling

How Long Does it Take to Read Rhetorics and Politics in Afghan Traditional Storytelling?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 1 minute to read Rhetorics and Politics in Afghan Traditional Storytelling by Margaret A. Mills

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

Description

This book presents an ethnopoetic translation and an interpretation of an evening of story­telling which took place in rural Afghanistan in 1975. Three years before the Marxist coup, two Muslim elders from Herat province were asked by a Marxist subgovernor to spend an evening telling traditional stories to an American woman. The storytellers wittily integrated themes of sense and nonsense, gender and sexuality, religion and public and private social control in thirteen recorded stories, here translated in full. In interpreting texts, Margaret A. Mills argues for a rhetorical sophistication among adept traditional performers which enables them to mount performances of traditional materials which are highly, and in this case slyly, sensitive to the political and social identities of self and audience. Such identities are in part negotiated and constructed via the performances. Noting that Afghan culture has traditionally posited noninstitutional religious authority against central government institutions, Mills points out certain ironies and tensions which recur as the stories unfold in the presence of the government bureaucrat. Using this evening of stories as an example, the author asserts that the creation of narrative meaning makes use of both intertextual and interpersonal relationships. This extended performance suggests Afghan perspectives on the integration of narrative and social critique, of religious authority and private ethics, of the real and the fantastic, the serious and the ludicrous, which challenge common western notions about genres of literary production (written and oral) and social interaction.

How long is Rhetorics and Politics in Afghan Traditional Storytelling?

Rhetorics and Politics in Afghan Traditional Storytelling by Margaret A. Mills is 408 pages long, and a total of 105,264 words.

This makes it 138% the length of the average book. It also has 129% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Rhetorics and Politics in Afghan Traditional Storytelling Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 35 minutes to read Rhetorics and Politics in Afghan Traditional Storytelling aloud.

What Reading Level is Rhetorics and Politics in Afghan Traditional Storytelling?

Rhetorics and Politics in Afghan Traditional Storytelling 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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