How Long to Read The Life and Death of Ryan White

How Long Does it Take to Read The Life and Death of Ryan White?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 37 minutes to read The Life and Death of Ryan White by Paul M. Renfro

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

Description

In the 1980s, as HIV/AIDS ravaged queer communities and communities of color in the United States and beyond, a straight white teenager named Ryan White emerged as the face of the epidemic. Diagnosed with hemophilia at birth, Ryan contracted HIV through contaminated blood products. In 1985, he became a household name after he was barred from attending his Indiana middle school. As Ryan appeared on nightly news broadcasts and graced the covers of popular magazines, he was embraced by music icons and well-known athletes, achieving a curious kind of stardom. Analyzing his struggle and celebrity, Paul M. Renfro's powerful biography grapples with the contested meanings of Ryan's life, death, and afterlives. As Renfro argues, Ryan's fight to attend school forced the American public to reckon with prevailing misconceptions about the AIDS epidemic. Yet his story also reinforced the hierarchies at the heart of the AIDS crisis. Because the "innocent" Ryan had contracted HIV "through no fault of his own," as many put it, his story was sometimes used to blame presumably "guilty" populations for spreading the virus. Reexamining Ryan's story through this lens, Renfro reveals how the consequences of this stigma continue to pervade policy and cultural understandings of HIV/AIDS today.

How long is The Life and Death of Ryan White?

The Life and Death of Ryan White by Paul M. Renfro is 214 pages long, and a total of 54,356 words.

This makes it 72% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Life and Death of Ryan White Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 57 minutes to read The Life and Death of Ryan White aloud.

What Reading Level is The Life and Death of Ryan White?

The Life and Death of Ryan White 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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