It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read Butterfly's Sisters by Yoko Kawaguchi
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In this fascinating and wide-ranging book, Yoko Kawaguchi explores the Western portrayal of Japanese women—and geishas in particular—from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. She argues that in the West, Japanese women have come to embody certain ideas about feminine sexuality, and she analyzes how these ideas have been expressed in diverse art forms, ranging from fiction and opera to the visual arts and music videos. Among the many works Kawaguchi discusses are the art criticism of Baudelaire and Huysmans, the opera Madama Butterfly, the sculptures of Rodin, the Broadway play...
Butterfly's Sisters by Yoko Kawaguchi is 336 pages long, and a total of 86,016 words.
This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read Butterfly's Sisters aloud.
Butterfly's Sisters is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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