How Long to Read The Purchase of Intimacy

How Long Does it Take to Read The Purchase of Intimacy?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 22 minutes to read The Purchase of Intimacy by Viviana A. Zelizer

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

Description

In their personal lives, people consider it essential to separate economics and intimacy. We have, for example, a long-standing taboo against workplace romance, while we see marital love as different from prostitution because it is not a fundamentally financial exchange. In The Purchase of Intimacy, Viviana Zelizer mounts a provocative challenge to this view. Getting to the heart of one of life's greatest taboos, she shows how we all use economic activity to create, maintain, and renegotiate important ties--especially intimate ties--to other people. In everyday life, we invest intense effort and worry to strike the right balance. For example, when a wife's income equals or surpasses her husband's, how much more time should the man devote to household chores or child care? Sometimes legal disputes arise. Should the surviving partner in a same-sex relationship have received compensation for a partner's death as a result of 9/11? Through a host of compelling examples, Zelizer shows us why price is central to three key areas of intimacy: sexually tinged relations; health care by family members, friends, and professionals; and household economics. She draws both on research and materials ranging from reports on compensation to survivors of 9/11 victims to financial management Web sites and advice books for same-sex couples. From the bedroom to the courtroom, The Purchase of Intimacy opens a fascinating new window on the inner workings of the economic processes that pervade our private lives.

How long is The Purchase of Intimacy?

The Purchase of Intimacy by Viviana A. Zelizer is 369 pages long, and a total of 95,571 words.

This makes it 125% the length of the average book. It also has 117% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Purchase of Intimacy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 42 minutes to read The Purchase of Intimacy aloud.

What Reading Level is The Purchase of Intimacy?

The Purchase of Intimacy 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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