It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read Cooking in Other Women’s Kitchens by Rebecca Sharpless
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As African American women left the plantation economy behind, many entered domestic service in southern cities and towns. Cooking was one of the primary jobs they performed, feeding generations of white families and, in the process, profoundly shaping southern foodways and culture. Rebecca Sharpless argues that, in the face of discrimination, long workdays, and low wages, African American cooks worked to assert measures of control over their own lives. As employment opportunities expanded in the twentieth century, most African American women chose to leave cooking for more lucrative and less...
Cooking in Other Women’s Kitchens by Rebecca Sharpless is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.
This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read Cooking in Other Women’s Kitchens aloud.
Cooking in Other Women’s Kitchens is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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