It takes the average reader 5 hours and 49 minutes to read The Political Force of Musical Beauty by Barry Shank
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In The Political Force of Musical Beauty, Barry Shank shows how musical acts and performances generate their own aesthetic and political force, creating, however fleetingly, a shared sense of the world among otherwise diverse listeners. Rather than focusing on the ways in which music enables the circulation of political messages, he argues that communities grounded in the act and experience of listening can give rise to new political ideas and expression. Analyzing a wide range of "beautiful music" within popular and avant-garde genres—including the Japanese traditions in the music of...
The Political Force of Musical Beauty by Barry Shank is 344 pages long, and a total of 87,376 words.
This makes it 116% the length of the average book. It also has 107% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 57 minutes to read The Political Force of Musical Beauty aloud.
The Political Force of Musical Beauty is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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