How Long to Read The Witch-Hunt; Or, the Triumph of Morality

How Long Does it Take to Read The Witch-Hunt; Or, the Triumph of Morality?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 7 minutes to read The Witch-Hunt; Or, the Triumph of Morality by Frederick George Bailey

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

Description

In the village of Bisipara in eastern India, an anthropologist is witness to a drama when a young girl takes a fever and quickly dies. The villagers find Susilla's death suspicious and fear that she was possessed. Holding an investigation to find someone to blame, they carry out a hurried inquiry because the stage must be cleared for the annual celebration of the birthday of the god Sri Ramchandro. However, they eventually agree on the identity of a culprit an extract from him a large fine. F.G. Bailey, who was doing fieldwork in Bisipara in the 1950's, tells what it was like to be living there during this witch-hunt. As his narrative unfolds, we sense the very texture of the villagers lives--their caste relationships, occupations, kinship networks, and religious practices. We become familiar with the sites, sounds, and smells of Bisipara and with many of the village men and women and we learn their ideas of health and disease, their practice of medicine and burial customs, their ways of resolving discord. The author's commentary opens the curtain on a larger and more complicated scene. It portrays a community in the process of change: from one aspect, the offender is seen as a heroic individual who has broken from the chains of the past, a dissenter standing up for his rights against an entrenched and conservative establishment. From the opposite point of view he is a troublemaker who rejects the moral order on which society and the good life depend, a man who has trespassed outside his proper domain. From Bailey's neutral perspective, the offenders conduct threaten those in power; their determined and successful effort to punish him was an attempt to protect their own privileged position. In doing so, of course, they could say that they were defending the moral order of their community. Bailey moves easily between field notes and memory as he takes a new look at his first impressions and reflects on what he has learned. His elegant book is a powerful reassessment of anthropology's most enduring themes and debates which will imprint on the reader's mind a vivid image of a place and its people.

How long is The Witch-Hunt; Or, the Triumph of Morality?

The Witch-Hunt; Or, the Triumph of Morality by Frederick George Bailey is 244 pages long, and a total of 61,976 words.

This makes it 82% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Witch-Hunt; Or, the Triumph of Morality Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 38 minutes to read The Witch-Hunt; Or, the Triumph of Morality aloud.

What Reading Level is The Witch-Hunt; Or, the Triumph of Morality?

The Witch-Hunt; Or, the Triumph of Morality 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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