It takes the average reader 4 hours and 59 minutes to read The Vital Dead by Alison Bell
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"This book builds on recent anthropological work to explore the social and cultural dynamics of cemetery practice and its transformation over generations in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. Anthropologist Alison Bell finds that people are using material culture-images and epitaphs on grave markers, as well as objects they leave on graves-to assert and maintain relationships and fight against alienation. She draws on fieldwork, interviews, archival sources, and disciplinary insights to show how cemeteries both reveal and participate in the grassroots cultural work of crafting social connections,...
The Vital Dead by Alison Bell is 289 pages long, and a total of 74,851 words.
This makes it 98% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 49 minutes to read The Vital Dead aloud.
The Vital Dead is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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