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How long does it take to read Purity and Danger?

Mary Douglas, Profess Douglas, Professor Mary Douglas, Douglas M. Staff

Purity and Danger by Mary Douglas, Profess Douglas, Professor Mary Douglas, Douglas M. Staff takes about 3 hours 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 3 hours 32 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1966. 193 pages, about 53,075 words.

8 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 5 hours 54 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 32 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 13 minutes

The page count is the median across 37 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

1 online resource (xxii, 247 pages)

Subjects: Purity, Ritual, Ritual Purity, Taboo, Pollution, Cultural Anthropology, Reinigingsriten

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