It takes the average reader 4 hours and 36 minutes to read Hystories by Elaine Showalter
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This provocative and illuminating book charts the persistence of a cultural phenomenon. Tales of alien abduction, chronic fatigue syndrome, Gulf War syndrome, and the resurgence of repressed memories in psychotherapy are just a few of the signs that we live in an age of hysterical epidemics. As Elaine Showalter demonstrates, the triumphs of the therapeutic society have not been able to prevent the appearance of hysterical disorders, imaginary illnesses, rumor panics, and pseudomemories that mark the end of the millenium. Like the witch-hunts of the 1690s and the hypnotic cures of the 1980s,...
Hystories by Elaine Showalter is 268 pages long, and a total of 69,144 words.
This makes it 90% the length of the average book. It also has 85% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 17 minutes to read Hystories aloud.
Hystories is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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