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dc.contributor.authorvon Brömssen, K
dc.contributor.authorRoxberg, Åsa Kristina
dc.contributor.authorWerkander Harstäde, C
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-22T11:18:12Z
dc.date.available2024-08-22T11:18:12Z
dc.date.issued2024-03-21
dc.description.abstractSweden’s strategy during COVID-19 with restrictions but no firm closure of the society surprised the rest of the world and was questioned, not least by neighbouring countries. This article analyses public discourses on space and place for health and care in the Swedish daily press during the first year of the pandemic, 2020. Critical discourse analysis was conducted on daily press newspaper articles to approach issues of space, place, health and care during the COVID-10 pandemic. The findings suggest three main discourses. First, a powerful discourse on unity against the threat is articulated, urging citizens in Sweden to be loyal in the national space. Secondly, an affirming national reconstructing discourse is manifested, related to constructions of borders of national space but also in relation to places of family life and social contacts to ‘flatten the curve’ and stay healthy. Thirdly, later in the period the overarching discourse of the nation and its loyal citizens was torn apart and increasing tensions were articulated due to, as it appeared, the uncertain actions from the government. This study adds to the literature on a theoretical and practical level. Raising awareness on nationalist discourses in relation to place, space, health, and care could prove important in combating inequalities in the local society as well as when cooperating on an international level.en_US
dc.identifier.citationvon Brömssen, Roxberg, Werkander Harstäde. Space and place for health and care – Nationalist discourses in Swedish daily press during the first year of COVID-19. Heliyon. 2024;10(7)en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2259882
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27858
dc.identifier.issn2405-8440
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/34366
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.journalHeliyon
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2024 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titleSpace and place for health and care – Nationalist discourses in Swedish daily press during the first year of COVID-19en_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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