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“That Must Have Been Uncanny!” Experiences of Invisible Others in Contemporary Finland

By: Kia Andell  
Open Access
|Dec 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jef-2023-0022 | Journal eISSN: 2228-0987 | Journal ISSN: 1736-6518
Language: English
Page range: 135 - 163
Published on: Dec 11, 2023
Published by: University of Tartu, Estonian National Museum, Estonian Literary Museum
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