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Women Writers on Sexual Transactions in the Scandinavian Modern Breakthrough

Gisella Brouwer-Turci and Henk A. van der Liet
Scandinavian Studies, September 2023, 95 (3) 367-409; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/scs.95.3.367
Gisella Brouwer-Turci
University of Amsterdam
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