How Long to Read Lushootseed Culture and the Shamanic Odyssey

How Long Does it Take to Read Lushootseed Culture and the Shamanic Odyssey?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 40 minutes to read Lushootseed Culture and the Shamanic Odyssey by Jay Miller

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

Description

This is the first comprehensive overview of the Native people of Puget Sound, who speak a Coast Salishan language called Lushootseed. They originally lived in communal cedar plank houses clustered along rivers and bays. Their complex, continually evolving religious attitudes and rituals were woven into daily life, the cycle of seasons, and long-term activities. Despite changes brought on by modern influences and Christianity, traditional beliefs still infuse Lushootseed life. Drawing on established written sources and his own two decades of fieldwork, Miller depicts the Lushootseed people in an innovative way, building his cultural representation around the grand ritual known as the Shamanic Odyssey. In this ritual cooperating shamans journeyed together to the land of the dead to recover some kind of vitality stolen from the living. Miller sees the Shamanic Odyssey as a central lens on Lushootseed culture, epitomizing and validating in a public setting many of its important concerns and themes. In particular, the rite brought together a number of distinct aspects or "vehicles" of culture, including the cosmos, canoe, house, body, and the network of social relations radiating across the Lushootseed waterscape.

How long is Lushootseed Culture and the Shamanic Odyssey?

Lushootseed Culture and the Shamanic Odyssey by Jay Miller is 220 pages long, and a total of 55,000 words.

This makes it 74% the length of the average book. It also has 67% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Lushootseed Culture and the Shamanic Odyssey Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours to read Lushootseed Culture and the Shamanic Odyssey aloud.

What Reading Level is Lushootseed Culture and the Shamanic Odyssey?

Lushootseed Culture and the Shamanic Odyssey 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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