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Reading Russian Fortunes: Print Culture, Gender and Divination in Russia from 1765 - Cambridge Studies in Russian Literature Wigzell, Faith (University of London)
Reading Russian Fortunes: Print Culture, Gender and Divination in Russia from 1765 - Cambridge Studies in Russian Literature
Wigzell, Faith (University of London)
This is the first full-length study of the huge cultural impact of fortune-telling in Russia from the eighteenth century to the present. It discusses the links between urban fortune-telling and traditional oral culture the particular role of women, and discusses why fortune-telling is still a powerful force in Russian.
268 pages, 7 b/w illus.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 16, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521024792 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 268 |
| Dimensions | 151 × 229 × 20 mm · 410 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Cross, Anthony |
| Series Editor | Emerson, Caryl |
| Series Editor | Jones, Malcolm |
| Series Editor | Kelly, Catriona |
| Series Editor | Rayfield, Donald |
| Series Editor | Smith, G. S. |
| Series Editor | Terras, Victor |
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