Reading Russian Fortunes: Print Culture, Gender and Divination in Russia from 1765 (Cambridge Studies in Russian Literature) by Wigzell, Faith

Cambridge University Press, 1998-05-28. Hardcover. Very Good. 8x6x0. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Small tears to jacket. Clean, unmarked pages. <br> "This is the first full-length study of the huge popularity and cultural impact of fortune telling in Russia from the eighteenth century to the present. It examines the ways in which popular fortune telling books found acceptance among urban and literate Russians, the role of women in fortune telling, and the function of fortune telling in their culture. It goes on to consider the relationship between urban fortune telling and traditional oral culture, and discusses why fortune telling continues as a powerful force in modern Russian society.

Cambridge University Press, 1998. Book measures 23.5x16.cm. xi, 250,[3]pp. Bound in original publishers black cloth, with gilt lettering. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A good clean copy. . Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus.

Cambridge University Press, 1998. Hardcover Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. xi, 250pp. Original black boards with gilt spine titles. Light shelf wear, otherwise fine and unread in dust jacket.

Cambridge University Press, 1998. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Near fine in slightly worn, very good dust jacket

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. Very Good. 0521581230. Cambridge University 1998, bright clean copy, no markings, with dustjacket, Professional booksellers since 1981 . 1998. Hardcover.

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Cambridge Univ Pr, 1998. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 265 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches.

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