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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.Wigzell, Faith is the author of 'Reading Russian Fortunes Print Culture, Gender And Divination in Russia from 1765', published 2006 under ISBN 9780521024792 and ISBN 052102479X.
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