Reading Russian Fortunes - Print Culture, Gender and Divination in Russia from 1765 (Hardcover)

Reading Russian Fortunes examines the huge popularity and cultural impact of fortune-telling among urban and literate Russians from the eighteenth century to the present. Based partly on a study of the numerous editions of little fortune-telling books, especially those devoted to dream interpretation, it documents and analyses the social history of fortune-telling in terms of class and gender, at the same time considering the function of both amateur and professional fortune-telling in a literate modernizing society. Chapters are devoted to professional fortune-tellers and their clients, and to the publishers of the books. An analysis of the relationship between urban fortune-telling and traditional oral culture, where divination played a very significant role, leads on to a discussion of the underlying reasons for the persistence of fortune-telling in modern Russian society.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Russian Literature
Release date:	May 1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	Faith Wigzell
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	266
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-58123-3
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > Fortune-telling & divination > General Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Fortune-telling & divination > General
LSN:	0-521-58123-0
Barcode:	9780521581233

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