How Long to Read Our Bodies, Ourselves and the Work of Writing

How Long Does it Take to Read Our Bodies, Ourselves and the Work of Writing?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 40 minutes to read Our Bodies, Ourselves and the Work of Writing by Susan Wells

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

Description

Our Bodies, Ourselves, first published by a mainstream press in 1973, is now in its eighth major edition. It has been translated into twenty-nine languages, has generated a number of related projects, and, with over four million copies sold, is as popular as ever. This study tells the story of the first two decades of the pioneering best-seller—a collectively produced guide to women's health—from its earliest, most experimental and revolutionary years, when it sought to construct a new, female public sphere, to its 1984 revision, when some of the problems it first posed were resolved and the book took the form it has held to this day. Wells undertakes a rhetorical and sociological analysis of the best-seller and of the work of the Boston Women's Health Book Collective that produced it. In the 1960s and 1970s, as social movements were on the rise and many women entered higher education, new writing practices came into existence. In the pages of Our Bodies, Ourselves, matters that had been private became public. Readers, encouraged to trust their own experiences, began to participate in a conversation about health and medicine. The writers of Our Bodies, Ourselves researched medical texts and presented them in colloquial language. Drafting and revising in groups, they invented new ways of organizing the task of writing. Above all, they presented medical information by telling stories. We learn here how these stories were organized, and how the writers drew readers into investigating both their own bodies and the global organization of medical care. Extensive archival research and interviews with the members of the authorial collective shed light on a grassroots undertaking that revolutionized the writing of health books and forever changed the relationship between health experts and ordinary women.

How long is Our Bodies, Ourselves and the Work of Writing?

Our Bodies, Ourselves and the Work of Writing by Susan Wells is 280 pages long, and a total of 70,000 words.

This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Our Bodies, Ourselves and the Work of Writing Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 22 minutes to read Our Bodies, Ourselves and the Work of Writing aloud.

What Reading Level is Our Bodies, Ourselves and the Work of Writing?

Our Bodies, Ourselves and the Work of Writing 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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