How Long to Read Beneath the Surface

By Lynn M. Thomas

How Long Does it Take to Read Beneath the Surface?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 19 minutes to read Beneath the Surface by Lynn M. Thomas

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

Description

For more than a century, skin lighteners have been a ubiquitous feature of global popular culture—embraced by consumers even as they were fiercely opposed by medical professionals, consumer health advocates, and antiracist thinkers and activists. In Beneath the Surface, Lynn M. Thomas constructs a transnational history of skin lighteners in South Africa and beyond. Analyzing a wide range of archival, popular culture, and oral history sources, Thomas traces the changing meanings of skin color from precolonial times to the postcolonial present. From indigenous skin-brightening practices and the...

How long is Beneath the Surface?

Beneath the Surface by Lynn M. Thomas is 368 pages long, and a total of 94,944 words.

This makes it 124% the length of the average book. It also has 116% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Beneath the Surface Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 38 minutes to read Beneath the Surface aloud.

What Reading Level is Beneath the Surface?

Beneath the Surface 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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