How Long to Read Shooting Blanks at the Anzac Legend

How Long Does it Take to Read Shooting Blanks at the Anzac Legend?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 12 minutes to read Shooting Blanks at the Anzac Legend by Dr Donna Coates

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

Description

War is traditionally considered a male experience. By extension, the genre of war literature is a male-dominated field, and the tale of the battlefield remains the privileged (and only canonised) war story. In Australia, although women have written extensively about their wartime experiences, their voices have been distinctively silenced. Shooting Blanks at the Anzac Legend calls for a re-definition of war literature to include the numerous voices of women writers, and further recommends a re-reading of Australian national literatures, with women’s war writing foregrounded, to break the hold of a male-dominated literary tradition and pass on a vital, but unexplored, women’s tradition. Shooting Blanks at the Anzac Legend examines the rich body of World Wars I and II and Vietnam War literature by Australian women, providing the critical attention and treatment that they deserve. Donna Coates records the reaction of Australian women writers to these conflicts, illuminating the complex role of gender in the interpretation of war and in the cultural history of twentieth-century Australia. By visiting an astonishing number of unfamiliar, non-canonical texts, Shooting Blanks at the Anzac Legend profoundly alters our understanding of how Australian women writers have interpreted war, especially in a nation where the experience of colonising a frontier has spawned enduring myths of identity and statehood.

How long is Shooting Blanks at the Anzac Legend?

Shooting Blanks at the Anzac Legend by Dr Donna Coates is 365 pages long, and a total of 93,075 words.

This makes it 123% the length of the average book. It also has 114% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Shooting Blanks at the Anzac Legend Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 28 minutes to read Shooting Blanks at the Anzac Legend aloud.

What Reading Level is Shooting Blanks at the Anzac Legend?

Shooting Blanks at the Anzac Legend 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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