"Men Who Hate Women and Women Who Kick Their Asses"
Edited by Donna King and Carrie Lee Smith
Feminist takes on depictions of violence against women and changing gender roles in Stieg Larsson’s thrillers
Stieg Larsson was an unabashed feminist in his personal and professional life and in the fictional world he created, but The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest are full graphic depictions of violence against women, including stalking, sexual harassment, child abuse, rape, incest, serial murder, sexual slavery, and sex trafficking, committed by vile individual men and by corrupt, secretive institutions. How do you readers and moviegoers react to these depictions, and what do they make of the women who fight back, the complex masculinities in the trilogy, and the ambiguous gender of the elusive Lisbeth Salander?
These lively and accessible essays expand the conversation in the blogosphere about the novels and films by connecting the controversies about gender roles to social trends in the real world.
Contributors:
Cecilia Ovesdotter Alm
Kerstin Bergman
Jessie Daniels
Kristine De Welde
Abby L. Ferber
Sara Kärrholm
Michael Kimmel
Donna King
LeeAnn Kriegh
Diane E. Levy
Meika Loe
Judith Lorber
Patricia Yancey Martin
Caryn Murphy
Karen A. Ritzenhoff
Mimi Schippers
Carrie Lee Smith
Sophie Statzel Bjork-James
Anna Westerstahl Stenport
Catherine (Kay) G. Valentine
Roberta Villalon
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DONNA KING is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. CARRIE LEE SMITH is Associate Professor of Sociology at Millersville University of Pennsylvania.
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