How Long to Read The Gaithers and Southern Gospel

How Long Does it Take to Read The Gaithers and Southern Gospel?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 12 minutes to read The Gaithers and Southern Gospel by Ryan P. Harper

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

Description

In The Gaithers and Southern Gospel, Ryan P. Harper examines songwriters Bill and Gloria Gaither's Homecoming video and concert series--a gospel music franchise that, since its beginning in 1991, has outperformed all Christian and much secular popular music on the American music market. The Homecomings represent "southern gospel." Typically that means a musical style popular among white evangelical Christians in the American South and Midwest, and it sometimes overlaps in style, theme, and audience with country music. The Homecomings' nostalgic orientation--their celebration of "traditional" kinds of American Christian life--harmonize well with southern gospel music, past and present. But amidst the backward gazes, the Homecomings also portend and manifest change. The Gaithers' deliberate racial integration of their stages, their careful articulation of a relatively inclusive evangelical theology, and their experiments with an array of musical forms demonstrate that the Homecoming is neither simplistically nostalgic, nor solely "southern." Harper reveals how the Gaithers negotiate a tension between traditional and changing community norms as they seek simultaneously to maintain and expand their audience as well as to initiate and respond to shifts within their fan base. Pulling from his field work at Homecoming concerts, behind the scenes with the Gaithers, and with numerous Homecoming fans, Harper reveals the Homecoming world to be a dynamic, complicated constellation in the formation of American religious identity.

How long is The Gaithers and Southern Gospel?

The Gaithers and Southern Gospel by Ryan P. Harper is 311 pages long, and a total of 78,061 words.

This makes it 105% the length of the average book. It also has 95% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Gaithers and Southern Gospel Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 6 minutes to read The Gaithers and Southern Gospel aloud.

What Reading Level is The Gaithers and Southern Gospel?

The Gaithers and Southern Gospel 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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