How Long to Read An Intimate Rebuke

How Long Does it Take to Read An Intimate Rebuke?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 50 minutes to read An Intimate Rebuke by Laura S. Grillo

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

Description

Throughout West African societies, at times of social crises, postmenopausal women—the Mothers—make a ritual appeal to their innate moral authority. The seat of this power is the female genitalia. Wielding branches or pestles, they strip naked and slap their genitals and bare breasts to curse and expel the forces of evil. In An Intimate Rebuke Laura S. Grillo draws on fieldwork in Côte d’Ivoire that spans three decades to illustrate how these rituals of Female Genital Power (FGP) constitute religious and political responses to abuses of power. When deployed in secret, FGP operates as spiritual warfare against witchcraft; in public, it serves as a political activism. During Côte d’Ivoire’s civil wars FGP challenged the immoral forces of both rebels and the state. Grillo shows how the ritual potency of the Mothers’ nudity and the conjuration of their sex embodies a moral power that has been foundational to West African civilization. Highlighting the remarkable continuity of the practice across centuries while foregrounding the timeliness of FGP in contemporary political resistance, Grillo shifts perspectives on West African history, ethnography, comparative religious studies, and postcolonial studies.

How long is An Intimate Rebuke?

An Intimate Rebuke by Laura S. Grillo is 230 pages long, and a total of 57,500 words.

This makes it 78% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read An Intimate Rebuke Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 14 minutes to read An Intimate Rebuke aloud.

What Reading Level is An Intimate Rebuke?

An Intimate Rebuke 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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