How Long to Read The Representation of Masochism and Queer Desire in Film and Literature

By Barbara Mennel

How Long Does it Take to Read The Representation of Masochism and Queer Desire in Film and Literature?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 40 minutes to read The Representation of Masochism and Queer Desire in Film and Literature by Barbara Mennel

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

Description

This book connects the invention of masochism by turn-of-the-century sexologist Richard von Krafft-Ebing and writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch to its contemporary appropriation by gay and lesbian filmmakers. Krafft-Ebing conceived of masochism as a literary perversion and as a gendered affliction. Mennel compares central texts by Sacher-Masoch with Monika Treut's film Seduction: The Cruel Woman and Kutlug Ataman's film Lola and Billy the Kid, negotiating contemporary feminist theory and queer studies organized around gender and sexuality, on the one hand, and the fetish and masquerade, on the...

How long is The Representation of Masochism and Queer Desire in Film and Literature?

The Representation of Masochism and Queer Desire in Film and Literature by Barbara Mennel is 220 pages long, and a total of 55,000 words.

This makes it 74% the length of the average book. It also has 67% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Representation of Masochism and Queer Desire in Film and Literature Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours to read The Representation of Masochism and Queer Desire in Film and Literature aloud.

What Reading Level is The Representation of Masochism and Queer Desire in Film and Literature?

The Representation of Masochism and Queer Desire in Film and Literature is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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