How Long to Read Winter in America

How Long Does it Take to Read Winter in America?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 2 minutes to read Winter in America by Hank Willis Thomas

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

Description

"From Hans Bellmer's grotesquely assembled poupée seductresses in the 1930s-40s to Todd Haynes's 1987 banned masterpiece "Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story" told with Barbie dolls, artists have frequently turned to the seeming benignity of childhood toys in order to explore the darker realities of adult behavior and desire. For Winter in America, Hank Willis Thomas and collaborator Kambui Olujimi use the dolls Thomas and Willis played with as children, carefully stored for years in a friend's basement. Yet these toys are no longer fantasy objects; Thomas and Olujimi are able to create a gripping tableau because in their attention to detail they achieve such unnerving authenticity."-- from the afterword by Carla WilliamsChallenging and thought-provoking, the photographs in Winter in America are taken from the video collaboration of the same name, a stop-motion animation short film based on the murder of Songha Thomas Willis, who was killed outside of Club Evolutions in Philadelphia on February 2, 2000. Both elements enlist G.I. Joe action figures that the artists once used to create similar violent narratives as children. The packaging for the action figures reads, "for children ages 5+," even though they all come with guns. Through this project the artists examine the breeding of a culture of violence in young boys, who are invited to author violent scenarios before they can even read.

How long is Winter in America?

Winter in America by Hank Willis Thomas is 62 pages long, and a total of 15,624 words.

This makes it 21% the length of the average book. It also has 19% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Winter in America Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 25 minutes to read Winter in America aloud.

What Reading Level is Winter in America?

Winter in America is suitable for students ages 8 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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