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“Not quite the struggle of normatives”: Belonging and entitlement in Swedish “body activism”

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|Feb 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2022-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2001-5119 | Journal ISSN: 1403-1108
Language: English
Page range: 38 - 55
Published on: Feb 11, 2022
Published by: University of Gothenburg Nordicom
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 times per year

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