How Long to Read Strangers in the Family

How Long Does it Take to Read Strangers in the Family?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 30 minutes to read Strangers in the Family by Guo-Quan Seng

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

Description

In Strangers in the Family, Guo-Quan Seng provides a gendered history of settler Chinese community formation in Indonesia during the Dutch colonial period (1816–1942). At the heart of this story lies the creolization of patrilineal Confucian marital and familial norms to the colonial legal, moral, and sexual conditions of urban Java. Departing from male-centered narratives of Ooverseas Chinese communities, Strangers in the Family tells the history of community- formation from the perspective of women who were subordinate to, and alienated from, full Chinese selfhood. From native concubines and mothers, creole Chinese daughters, and wives and matriarchs, to the first generation of colonial-educated feminists, Seng showcases women's moral agency as they negotiated, manipulated, and debated men in positions of authority over their rights in marriage formation and dissolution. In dialogue with critical studies of colonial Eurasian intimacies, this book explores Asian-centered inter-ethnic patterns of intimate encounters. It shows how contestations over women's place in marriage and in society were formative of a Chinese racial identity in colonial Indonesia.

How long is Strangers in the Family?

Strangers in the Family by Guo-Quan Seng is 270 pages long, and a total of 67,500 words.

This makes it 91% the length of the average book. It also has 82% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Strangers in the Family Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 8 minutes to read Strangers in the Family aloud.

What Reading Level is Strangers in the Family?

Strangers in the Family 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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