Rape in Stieg Larsson's millennium trilogy and beyond : contemporary Scandinavian and Anglophone crime fiction / edited by Berit Åström, Katarina Gregersdotter and Tanya Horeck.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Åström, Berit.

Gregersdotter, Katarina.

Horeck, Tanya.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Larsson, Stieg, 1954-2004--Criticism and interpretation.

Larsson, Stieg.

Larsson, Stieg, 1954-2004.

Detective and mystery stories, Scandinavian--History and criticism.

Detective and mystery stories, Scandinavian.

Scandinavian fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

Scandinavian fiction.

Scandinavian fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Rape in literature.

Rape victims in literature.

Women in literature.

Violence in literature.

Sex crimes in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xi, 219 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

With its powerful images of rape and revenge, Stieg Larsson's bestselling Millennium trilogy has made a major impact on the contemporary crime novel. This collection explores the role that rape plays in contemporary crime fiction, examining the sexually violent images at the heart of the Millennium trilogy in its many guises - from novels, to Swedish film adaptations, to Hollywood blockbuster. At the centre of discussion is Larsson's female heroine, Lisbeth Salander, one of popular culture's most unforgettable characters. The collection evaluates her status as a twenty-first century heroine, arguing that what makes Salander so interesting and culturally relevant, is her blend of vulnerability and violence.

Putting Larsson's work into dialogue with a range of contemporary Scandinavian and Anglophone crime novelists, including Jo Nesbø, Håkan Nesser, Mo Hayder and Val McDermid, these essays offer cross-cultural insights into how notions of sexual violence, victims and vengeance are constructed. Opening up a range of vital new questions, the book interrogates the very terms by which we understand and encounter violent images in popular fiction and film. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Stieg Larsson's millennium trilogy: opening up the debate. "The girl who pays our salaries": rape and the bestselling millennium trilogy / Priscilla Walton

The millennium trilogy and the American serial killer narrative: investigating protagonists of men who write women / Barbara Fister

Lisbeth Salander as a melodramatic heroine: emotional conflicts, split focalization and changing roles in Scandinavian crime fiction / Yvonne Leffler

Dismembered bodies, wounded states: gender politics in the millennium trilogy and beyond. Rape and the avenging female in Stieg Larsson's millennium trilogy and Håkan Nesser's Woman with birthmark and The inspector and Silence / Marla Harris

The body, hopelessness and nostalgia: representations of rape and the welfare state in Swedish crime fiction / Katarina Gregersdotter

Over her dismembered body: the crime fiction of Mo Hayder and Jo Nesbo / Berit Åstrom

Rewriting scripts: language, gender and violence in contemporary crime fiction. Disarticulated figures: language and sexual violence in contemporary crime fiction / Meghan Freeman

Male fantasy, sexual exploitation and the femme fatale: reframing scripts of power and gender in neo-noir novels by Sara Paretsky, Megan Abbott and Stieg Larsson / Zoë Brigley-Thompson

Ethics, violence and adaptation. Rape and replay in Stieg Larsson, Liza Marklund and Val McDermid: on affect, ethics and feeling bad / Tanya Horeck

The girl with the dragon tattoo: rape, revenge and victimhood in cinematic translation / Claire Henry

"Hidden in the snow": female violence against the men who hate women in the millennium adaptations / Philippa Gates.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230308404

0230308406

OCLC:

798615425