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The luck archive : exploring belief, superstition, and tradition

By Menjivar , Harrell , Mark; Fletcher

Book information

Publisher
Trinity University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9781595342492, 1595342494, 978-1-59534-250-8
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
14 MB (14293137 bytes)
Pages
158\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
Fortune.;Superstition.

Description

"Photographer Mark Menjivar spent years exploring the intersections between luck and the beliefs, superstitions, and traditions people hold dear. The physical Luck Archive contains rings, coins, clovers, charms, patches, underwear, sports superstitions, lottery strategies, animal stories, dolls, games, crystals, seeds, cigarettes, rainbows, and more, collected here in photographs and text"-- Abstract: Artist Mark Menjivar was in an antique bookshop in Fort Wayne, Indiana, when he found 4 four-leaf clovers pressed between the yellowed pages of an aged copy of 1000 Facts Worth Knowing. Their discovery beguiled Menjivar so much that he began a multiyear exploration into the concept of luck and its intersections with belief, culture, superstition, a Read more...

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