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Articles

Witches’ Milk: Queer Breastfeeding and Alternative Kin-Making in Isak Dinesen’s “The Caryatids”

Pages 264-277 | Received 28 Jan 2022, Accepted 07 Jul 2022, Published online: 01 Aug 2022

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