How Long to Read The Body Project

How Long Does it Take to Read The Body Project?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read The Body Project by Joan Jacobs Brumberg

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

Description

A hundred years ago, women were lacing themselves into corsets and teaching their daughters to do the same. The ideal of the day, however, was inner beauty: a focus on good deeds and a pure heart. Today American women have more social choices and personal freedom than ever before. But fifty-three percent of our girls are dissatisfied with their bodies by the age of thirteen, and many begin a pattern of weight obsession and dieting as early as eight or nine. Why? In The Body Project, historian Joan Jacobs Brumberg answers this question, drawing on diary excerpts and media images from 1830 to...

How long is The Body Project?

The Body Project by Joan Jacobs Brumberg is 336 pages long, and a total of 86,016 words.

This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Body Project Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read The Body Project aloud.

What Reading Level is The Body Project?

The Body Project 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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