How Long to Read The Racial Unfamiliar

How Long Does it Take to Read The Racial Unfamiliar?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 38 minutes to read The Racial Unfamiliar by John Brooks

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

Description

The works of African American authors and artists are too often interpreted through the lens of authenticity. They are scrutinized for “positive” or “negative” representations of Black people and Black culture or are assumed to communicate some truth about Black identity or the “Black experience.” However, many contemporary Black artists are creating works that cannot be slotted into such categories. Their art resists interpretation in terms of conventional racial discourse; instead, they embrace opacity, uncertainty, and illegibility. John Brooks examines a range of abstractionist, experimental, and genre-defying works by Black writers and artists that challenge how audiences perceive and imagine race. He argues that literature and visual art that exceed the confines of familiar conceptions of Black identity can upend received ideas about race and difference. Considering photography by Roy DeCarava, installation art by Kara Walker, novels by Percival Everett and Paul Beatty, drama by Suzan-Lori Parks, and poetry by Robin Coste Lewis, Brooks pinpoints a shared aesthetic sensibility. In their works, the devices that typically make race feel familiar are instead used to estrange cultural assumptions about race. Brooks contends that when artists confound expectations about racial representation, the resulting disorientation reveals the incoherence of racial ideologies. By showing how contemporary literature and art ask audiences to question what they think they know about race, The Racial Unfamiliar offers a new way to understand African American cultural production.

How long is The Racial Unfamiliar?

The Racial Unfamiliar by John Brooks is 453 pages long, and a total of 114,609 words.

This makes it 153% the length of the average book. It also has 140% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Racial Unfamiliar Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 26 minutes to read The Racial Unfamiliar aloud.

What Reading Level is The Racial Unfamiliar?

The Racial Unfamiliar 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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