How Long to Read The Heat of the Hearth

By Janet Carsten

How Long Does it Take to Read The Heat of the Hearth?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 19 minutes to read The Heat of the Hearth by Janet Carsten

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

Description

Janet Carsten offers a vivid and original investigation of nature and kinship in Malaysia, based on her own experience of life as a fister daughter in a family on the island of Langkawi. Kinship relations are crucial to personal and social identity, and in Malaya culture identity is mutableand fluid: it is given at birth through ties of procreation, but is also aquired throughout life by living together and sharing food. The author shows that the heat of the hearth is not only necessary for the cooking and sharing of food, but central to domestic life, including childbirth andreproduction....

How long is The Heat of the Hearth?

The Heat of the Hearth by Janet Carsten is 314 pages long, and a total of 79,756 words.

This makes it 106% the length of the average book. It also has 97% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Heat of the Hearth Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 15 minutes to read The Heat of the Hearth aloud.

What Reading Level is The Heat of the Hearth?

The Heat of the Hearth 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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