A Genealogy of Queer Theory by William Turner
Published 2000 · 70,400 words · about 6 hours at an average pace
How hard is A Genealogy of Queer Theory to read?
A Genealogy of Queer Theory scores 62 out of 100 for difficulty on ReadingRate, making it quite demanding. The score is a weighted composite of nine measures: four of how hard the prose is to parse, five of how hard the meaning is to extract.
- Vocabulary: 68 out of 100
- Full theoretical vocabulary.
- Sentence structure: 65 out of 100
- Clear academic sentences.
- Abstraction: 78 out of 100
- A survey of positions rather than cases.
- Information density: 68 out of 100
- A field compressed into one volume.
How A Genealogy of Queer Theory is regarded
A Genealogy of Queer Theory holds a literary regard score of 39 out of 100, weighing its place in the canon, its critical reception, its influence on other writers, and the standing of its author. Regard is measured separately from difficulty: a demanding book is not necessarily an admired one.