How Long to Read Paths and Rivers

How Long Does it Take to Read Paths and Rivers?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 19 minutes to read Paths and Rivers by Roxana Waterson

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

Description

Fieldwork extending over a thirty-year period provided materials for this book. Paths and Rivers offers an unusually deep and broad picture of the Sa’dan Toraja as a society in dynamic transition over the course of the past century. The Toraja inhabit the mountainous highlands of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and are well known for their dramatic architecture, their unusual cliff burials, and their flamboyant ceremonial life, which places extraordinary economic demands on individuals and families. The analysis is informed, firstly, by a comparative perspective which sets Toraja social structure in the context of the Austronesian world. Secondly, the author delves deeply into Toraja social memory to show how people think about the past. She examines the usefulness of history and myth in the present as a source of identity, a template for action, or a resource by means of which to claim precedence. The book gives a clear picture of the structure and ethos of the indigenous Toraja religion, the Aluk To Dolo or "Way of the Ancestors", with its complex cycle of rituals. The book concludes with an analysis of the ceremonial economy, which draws upon both domestic subsistence production and the global market economy.

How long is Paths and Rivers?

Paths and Rivers by Roxana Waterson is 553 pages long, and a total of 139,909 words.

This makes it 187% the length of the average book. It also has 171% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Paths and Rivers Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 44 minutes to read Paths and Rivers aloud.

What Reading Level is Paths and Rivers?

Paths and Rivers is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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