Reading Russian Fortunes

Reading Russian Fortunes
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 0521581230
ISBN-13 : 9780521581233
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Book Synopsis Reading Russian Fortunes by : Faith Wigzell

Download or read book Reading Russian Fortunes written by Faith Wigzell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-05-28 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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