How long does it take to read Mama Lola?
Karen McCarthy Brown
Mama Lola by Karen McCarthy Brown takes about 7 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 52 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1991. 429 pages, about 117,975 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 52 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"Karen McCarthy Brown's classic book shatters stereotypes of Vodou by offering an intimate portrait of African-based religion in everyday life. She explores the importance of women's religious practices along with related themes of family and of social change. Weaving several of her own voices--analytic, descriptive, and personal--with the voices of her subjects in alternate chapters of traditional ethnography and ethnographic fiction, Brown presents herself as a character in Mama Lola's world and allows the reader to evaluate her interactions there. Startlingly original, Brown's work endures as an important experiment in ethnography as a social art form rooted in human relationships. A new preface, epilogue, bibliography, and a collection of family photographs tell the story of the effect of the book's publication on Mama Lola's life."--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Religion, Voodooism, Mambos (Voodooism), Vodou, Mambos (Vodou), Voodoo
