It takes the average reader 5 hours and 30 minutes to read Women of the Forest by Yolanda Murphy
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
When it originally appeared, this groundbreaking ethnography was one of the first works to focus on gender in anthropology. The thirtieth anniversary edition of Women of the Forest reconfirms the book's importance for contemporary studies on gender and life in the Amazon. The book covers Yolanda and Robert Murphy's year of fieldwork among the MundurucĂș people of Brazil in 1952. The Murphy's ethnographic analysis takes into account the historical, ecological, and cultural setting of the MundurucĂș, including the mythology surrounding women, women's work and household life, marriage and child...
Women of the Forest by Yolanda Murphy is 330 pages long, and a total of 82,500 words.
This makes it 111% the length of the average book. It also has 101% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 30 minutes to read Women of the Forest aloud.
Women of the Forest is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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