How Long to Read The Making and Unmaking of Colonial Cities

How Long Does it Take to Read The Making and Unmaking of Colonial Cities?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 49 minutes to read The Making and Unmaking of Colonial Cities by Julia C. Obert

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

Description

The Making and Unmaking of Colonial Cities is a comparative study of architectural space in four (post-)colonial capitals: Belfast, Northern Ireland; Windhoek, Namibia; Bridgetown, Barbados; and Hanoi, Vietnam. Each chapter takes up one of these cities, outlining its history of building and urban planning under colonial rule and linking that history to its contemporary shape and scope. This genealogical information is drawn from primary source documents and archival materials. The chapters then look to local literary texts to better understand the lingering impact of colonial building practices on individuals living in (post-)colonial cities today. These texts often foreground the difficulty of moving through a city that can never feel comfortably one's own; legacies of racial segregation, buildings that disregard indigenous resources, and street names that serve as constant reminders of a history of oppression, for example, can produce feelings of anxiety, even of unbelonging, for native subjects. However, the literature also highlights ways in which the subversive wanderings of particular pedestrians--taking shortcuts, trespassing in forbidden places, diverting spaces from their intended uses--can contest 'official' topography. Bodies can therefore move against the power of a repressive regime, at least to some degree, even when that power is literally set in stone. Obert argues for the significance of these small gestures of reclamation, suggesting that we must counterpose the potential flexibility of lived space to the prohibitions of the map in order to more fully understand (post-)colonial power relations.

How long is The Making and Unmaking of Colonial Cities?

The Making and Unmaking of Colonial Cities by Julia C. Obert is 225 pages long, and a total of 57,375 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Making and Unmaking of Colonial Cities Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 13 minutes to read The Making and Unmaking of Colonial Cities aloud.

What Reading Level is The Making and Unmaking of Colonial Cities?

The Making and Unmaking of Colonial Cities 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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