Disciplinary power and the role of the subject at a nineteenth-century Danish asylum

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Disciplinary power and the role of the subject at a nineteenth-century Danish asylum. / Hamre, Bjørn.

In: PhaenEx, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2010, p. 1-27.

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Hamre, B 2010, 'Disciplinary power and the role of the subject at a nineteenth-century Danish asylum', PhaenEx, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 1-27. <http://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/phaenex/issue/current/showToc>

APA

Hamre, B. (2010). Disciplinary power and the role of the subject at a nineteenth-century Danish asylum. PhaenEx, 5(2), 1-27. http://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/phaenex/issue/current/showToc

Vancouver

Hamre B. Disciplinary power and the role of the subject at a nineteenth-century Danish asylum. PhaenEx. 2010;5(2):1-27.

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Hamre, Bjørn. / Disciplinary power and the role of the subject at a nineteenth-century Danish asylum. In: PhaenEx. 2010 ; Vol. 5, No. 2. pp. 1-27.

Bibtex

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