How Long to Read Ashes of Immortality

How Long Does it Take to Read Ashes of Immortality?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 2 minutes to read Ashes of Immortality by Catherine Weinberger-Thomas

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

Description

"At last, she arrives at the fatal end of the plank . . . and, with her hands crossed over her chest, falls straight downward, suspended for a moment in the air before being devoured by the burning pit that awaits her. . . ." This grisly 1829 account by Pierre Dubois demonstrates the usual European response to the Hindu custom of satis sacrificing themselves on the funeral pyres of their husbands—horror and revulsion. Yet to those of the Hindu faith, not least the satis themselves, this act signals the sati's sacredness and spiritual power. Ashes of Immortality attempts to see the satis through Hindu eyes, providing an extensive experiential and psychoanalytic account of ritual self-sacrifice and self-mutilation in South Asia. Based on fifteen years of fieldwork in northern India, where the state-banned practice of sati reemerged in the 1970s, as well as extensive textual analysis, Weinberger-Thomas constructs a radically new interpretation of satis. She shows that their self-immolation transcends gender, caste and class, region and history, representing for the Hindus a path to immortality.

How long is Ashes of Immortality?

Ashes of Immortality by Catherine Weinberger-Thomas is 122 pages long, and a total of 30,744 words.

This makes it 41% the length of the average book. It also has 38% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Ashes of Immortality Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 48 minutes to read Ashes of Immortality aloud.

What Reading Level is Ashes of Immortality?

Ashes of Immortality is suitable for students ages 10 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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