Reading russian fortunes: print culture, gender and divination in russia from 1765
Auteur :
Wigzell, Faith
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521024792
Date de publication :
16 mars 2006
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
413 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.