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
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...
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.
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.
Beneath the Surface is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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