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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.
265 pages, 7 b/w illus.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 28, 1998 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521581233 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 266 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 19 mm · 476 g |
| Language | English |
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