How Long to Read Taming Oblivion

How Long Does it Take to Read Taming Oblivion?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 1 minute to read Taming Oblivion by John W. Traphagan

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

Description

Examines the cultural construction of senility in Japan and the moral implications of dependent behavior for older Japanese. Taming Oblivion examines the cultural construction of senility in Japan and the moral implications of dependent behavior for older Japanese. While the biomedical construction of senility-as-pathology has become increasingly the norm in North America, in Japan a folk category of senility exists known as boke. Although symptomatically and conceptually overlapping with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of senile dementia, boke is distinguished from unambiguously pathological conditions. Rather than being viewed as a disease, boke is seen as an illness over which people have some degree of control. John Traphagan’s ethnographic study of older Japanese explores their experiences as they contemplate and attempt to prevent or delay the boke condition. John W. Traphagan is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Gerontological Anthropology at California State University, Fullerton.

How long is Taming Oblivion?

Taming Oblivion by John W. Traphagan is 241 pages long, and a total of 60,491 words.

This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 74% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Taming Oblivion Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 30 minutes to read Taming Oblivion aloud.

What Reading Level is Taming Oblivion?

Taming Oblivion 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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