How Long to Read Unwrapping Tongan Barkcloth

How Long Does it Take to Read Unwrapping Tongan Barkcloth?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Unwrapping Tongan Barkcloth by Fanny Wonu Veys

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

Description

Tongan barkcloth, made from the inner bark of the paper mulberry tree, still features lavishly in Polynesian ceremonies all over the world. Yet despite the attention paid to this textile by anthropologists and art historians alike, little is known about its history. Providing a unique insight into Polynesian material culture, this book explores barkcloth's rich cultural history, and argues that its manufacture, decoration and use are vehicles of creativity and female agency. Based on twelve years of extensive ethnographic and archival research, the book uncovers stories of ceremony, gender, the senses, religion and nationhood, from the 17th century up to the present-day. Placing the materiality of textiles at the heart of Tongan culture, Veys reveals not only how barkcloth was and continues to be made, but also how it defines what it means to be Tongan. Extending the study to explore the place of barkcloth in the European imagination, she examines international museum collections of Tongan barkcloth, from the UK and Italy to Switzerland and the USA, addressing the bias of the European 'gaze' and challenging traditional gendered understandings of the cloth. A nuanced narrative of past and present barkcloth manufacture, designs and use, Unwrapping Tongan Barkcloth demonstrates the importance of the textile to both historical and contemporary Polynesian culture.

How long is Unwrapping Tongan Barkcloth?

Unwrapping Tongan Barkcloth by Fanny Wonu Veys is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Unwrapping Tongan Barkcloth Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read Unwrapping Tongan Barkcloth aloud.

What Reading Level is Unwrapping Tongan Barkcloth?

Unwrapping Tongan Barkcloth 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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