How Long to Read Eating to Excess

How Long Does it Take to Read Eating to Excess?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 20 minutes to read Eating to Excess by Susan E. Hill

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

Description

This provocative book explores how ancient notions about the fat body and the glutton in western culture both challenge and confirm ideas about what it means to be overweight and gluttonous today. People in the ancient western world made a distinction between being fat and being a glutton, even when they valued self-control and criticized excessive behavior. Examining many works of early western cultures, this book shows how ancient views both confirm and challenge our contemporary assumptions about fat bodies and gluttons. Eating to Excess: The Meaning of Gluttony and the Fat Body in the Ancient World explores the historical roots of the symbolic relationship between fatness, gluttony, and immorality in western culture. It includes chapters on Greek philosophy, medicine, and physiognomy; Greek and Roman popular culture; early Christianity; and the development of gluttony as one of the seven deadly sins. By examining ancient ideas about gluttony and fat bodies, the author offers new insight into what it means to be human in the western world.

How long is Eating to Excess?

Eating to Excess by Susan E. Hill is 196 pages long, and a total of 50,176 words.

This makes it 66% the length of the average book. It also has 61% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Eating to Excess Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Eating to Excess aloud.

What Reading Level is Eating to Excess?

Eating to Excess 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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