How Long to Read Experiments in Skin

How Long Does it Take to Read Experiments in Skin?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 36 minutes to read Experiments in Skin by Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu

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

Description

In Experiments in Skin Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu examines the ongoing influence of the Vietnam War on contemporary ideas about race and beauty. Framing skin as the site around which these ideas have been formed, Tu foregrounds the histories of militarism in the production of US biomedical knowledge and commercial cosmetics. She uncovers the efforts of wartime scientists in the US Military Dermatology Research Program to alleviate the environmental and chemical risks to soldiers' skin. These dermatologists sought relief for white soldiers while denying that African American soldiers and Vietnamese civilians were also vulnerable to harm. Their experiments led to the development of pharmaceutical cosmetics, now used by women in Ho Chi Minh City to tend to their skin, and to grapple with the damage caused by the war's lingering toxicity. In showing how the US military laid the foundations for contemporary Vietnamese consumption of cosmetics and practices of beauty, Tu shows how the intersecting histories of militarism, biomedicine, race, and aesthetics become materially and metaphorically visible on skin.

How long is Experiments in Skin?

Experiments in Skin by Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu is 154 pages long, and a total of 39,116 words.

This makes it 52% the length of the average book. It also has 48% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Experiments in Skin Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 33 minutes to read Experiments in Skin aloud.

What Reading Level is Experiments in Skin?

Experiments in Skin is suitable for students ages 10 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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