Chitai︠a︡ fortunu: gadatelʹnye knigi v Rossii (vtorai︠a︡ polovina XVIII-XX vv.)
Nauchnoe izdanie
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Serie Nat︠s︡ii︠a︡ i kulʹtura. Novye issledovanii︠a︡; Antropologii︠a︡
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The monograph by British researcher F.Wigzell represents one of the first special studies of Russian fortune-telling books of the second half of the XVIIth-XXth centuries. It provides a thorough investigation of the evolution of fortune-telling book genre and its role in the context of traditional magic practices. Special attention is drawn to the stereotypes of male and female “fortune-telling behavior”.