Configurations of Compulsory Care and Alternative Treatments in Beate Grimsrud's En dåre fri and Linda Boström Knausgård's Oktoberbarn.
This article addresses the critique of Swedish compulsory psychiatric care as it has been portrayed in novels and art projects over the last fifteen years. The aim is to examine how Swedish compulsory care is portrayed from a patient perspective by analysing two autobiographical novels: Beate Grimsr...
| Publicado en: | Scandinavian Studies Vol. 97; no. 1; pp. 50 - 75 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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University of Wisconsin Press
2025
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