Essays about: "Lisbeth Salander"

Found 1 essay containing the words Lisbeth Salander.

  1. 1. "Somebody'd get a fat lip if they called me Pippi Longstocking": Gender, Sex and Red Hair in Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

    Author : Elise Riedlinger; [2011]
    Keywords : gender; red hair; sexuality; Stieg Larsson; Pippi Longstocking; Astrid Lindgren; Lisbeth Salander; redheads; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : In The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson depicts a fiery, independent and highly sexual protagonist in the character of Lisbeth Salander. While many readers fail to notice the subtle reference to Lisbeth’s natural red hair, this quality, along with Larsson’s admittance that his inspiration originated from Astrid Lindgren’s Pippi Longstocking, situates Lisbeth in a long tradition of redheaded women who have been stereotyped as highly intelligent, strong, adventurous and passionate. READ MORE