How Long to Read Toni Morrison and the Queer Pleasure of Ghosts

How Long Does it Take to Read Toni Morrison and the Queer Pleasure of Ghosts?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 44 minutes to read Toni Morrison and the Queer Pleasure of Ghosts by Juda Bennett

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

Description

Offers the first queer reading of all ten of Morrison's novels. Toni Morrison and the Queer Pleasure of Ghosts radically intervenes in one of the most established and sacred topics in Toni Morrison scholarship, love. Moving beyond Morrison’s representation of ghosts as the forgotten or occluded past, Juda Bennett uncovers how Morrison imagines the spectral sphere as always already queer, a provocation and challenge to heteronormativity—with the ghost appearing as an active participant in disruptions of compulsory heterosexuality, as a figure embodying closet desires, or as a disembodied emanation that counterpoints homophobia. From The Bluest Eye to Home, Morrison’s novels have included many queer ghosts that challenge our most cherished conceptions of love and speak to cultural anxieties about black sexualities, gay marriage, AIDS, lesbian visibility, and transgender identities. Not surprisingly, the scene-stealing ghost Beloved appears at the very heart of this book, but Bennett cautions against interpretative stasis, inviting readers to break free of the stranglehold Beloved has had on imaginations, so as not to miss the full force of Morrison’s lifelong project to queer love. Juda Bennett is Associate Professor of English at the College of New Jersey and author of The Passing Figure: Racial Confusion in Modern American Literature.

How long is Toni Morrison and the Queer Pleasure of Ghosts?

Toni Morrison and the Queer Pleasure of Ghosts by Juda Bennett is 218 pages long, and a total of 56,244 words.

This makes it 74% the length of the average book. It also has 69% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Toni Morrison and the Queer Pleasure of Ghosts Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 7 minutes to read Toni Morrison and the Queer Pleasure of Ghosts aloud.

What Reading Level is Toni Morrison and the Queer Pleasure of Ghosts?

Toni Morrison and the Queer Pleasure of Ghosts 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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