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Configurations of Compulsory Care and Alternative Treatments in Beate Grimsrud’s En dåre fri and Linda Boström Knausgård’s Oktoberbarn

Cecilia Pettersson
Scandinavian Studies, January 2025, 97 (1) 50-74; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/sca.97.1.50
Cecilia Pettersson
Cecilia Pettersson is an Associate Professor in Comparative Literature at the University of Göteborg, Sweden.
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