How Long to Read Words, Not Swords

How Long Does it Take to Read Words, Not Swords?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 17 minutes to read Words, Not Swords by Farzaneh Milani

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

Description

A woman not only needs a room of her own, as Virginia Woolf wrote, but also the freedom to leave it and return to it at will; for a room without that right becomes a prison cell. The privilege of self-directed movement, the power to pick up and go as one pleases, has not been a traditional "right" of Iranian women. This prerogative has been denied them in the name of piety, anatomy, chastity, class, safety, and even beauty. It is only during the last 160 years that the spell has been broken and Iranian women have emerged as a moderating, modernizing force. Women writers have been at the forefront of this desegregating movement and renegotiation of boundaries. Words, Not Swords explores the legacy of sex segregation and its manifestations in Iranian literature and film and in notions of beauty and the erotics of passivity. Milani expands her argument beyond Iranian culture, arguing that freedom of movement is a theme that crosses frontiers and dissolves conventional distinctions of geography, history, and religion. She makes bold connections between veiling and foot binding, between Cinderella and Barbie, between the figures of the female Gypsy and the witch. In so doing, she challenges cultural hierarchies that divert attention from key issues in the control of women across the globe.

How long is Words, Not Swords?

Words, Not Swords by Farzaneh Milani is 373 pages long, and a total of 94,369 words.

This makes it 126% the length of the average book. It also has 115% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Words, Not Swords Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 35 minutes to read Words, Not Swords aloud.

What Reading Level is Words, Not Swords?

Words, Not Swords 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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