How Long to Read The Seed and the Soil

How Long Does it Take to Read The Seed and the Soil?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 20 minutes to read The Seed and the Soil by Carol Delaney

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

Description

How do the metaphors we use to describe procreation affect our view of the relative worth of each gender? Carol Delaney discloses the powerful meanings condensed in the seemingly innocent images of "seed" and "soil." Drawing on her work in a small Turkish village of Sunni Muslims, she shows us that the images are categorically different, hierarchically ordered, and unequally valued. The ways in which the creation of a child is understood in Turkey furnish a key to understanding a whole range of Turkish attitudes toward sexuality and gender, honor and shame, authority and submission, time and space, inside and outside, open and closed. Moreover, the symbols and meanings by which they represent procreation provide the means for understanding relationships between such seemingly disparate elements as the body, family, house, village, nation, this-world and other-world. Delaney points out that these symbols do not embellish reality; they provide the key to a particular conception of it, a conception that gives coherence to social life. The patterns revealed are not distinctly Turkish; they also comment on some of our own deeply-held assumptions and values about procreation.

How long is The Seed and the Soil?

The Seed and the Soil by Carol Delaney is 380 pages long, and a total of 95,000 words.

This makes it 128% the length of the average book. It also has 116% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Seed and the Soil Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 39 minutes to read The Seed and the Soil aloud.

What Reading Level is The Seed and the Soil?

The Seed and the Soil 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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