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Lesbianism in Swedish Literature

An Ambiguous Affair
By:J. Björklund
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137364951
eText ISBN:9781137364968
Edition:0
Copyright:2014
Format:Reflowable

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Here, Björklund shows that Swedish literary discourses on lesbianism provocatively contrast with a widely accepted view that attitudes toward homosexuality have gradually become more tolerant. The lasting power of negative discourses upends the assumption that Sweden's progressive laws reflect progressive attitudes toward homosexuality.