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Climate Change and Denial in Brit Bildøen’s Sju dagar i august

Thorunn Gullaksen Endreson
Scandinavian Studies, July 2024, 96 (3) 70-91; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/sca.96.3.70
Thorunn Gullaksen Endreson
Thorunn Gullaksen Endreson is a guest researcher at the Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM) at the University of Oslo. Her most recent publication is “Climate Change and the Carnivalesque in Erlend O. Nødtvedt’s Vestlandet” (2022).
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    • Denial and Cognitive Dissonance: Theoretical Background
    • Sju dagar i august
    • The Tick Bite: Denial in Miniature
    • Climate Change and Denial
    • Apocalyptic Discourse: The Flood Myth
    • Pastoral and Denial
    • Nature as Antagonist
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