The Psychology of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Lisbeth Salander, the multi-faceted protagonist of Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy, is an enigma--an astoundingly intelligent, prickly bundle of contradictions. Rosenberg investigates Lisbeth by seeking answers from mental health clinicians and researchers to better understand Salander, her psychology, and her world.

Robin S. Rosenberg

Introduction PART 1: THE GIRL WITH THE ARMORED FAÇADE "Lisbeth Salander and the 'Truth' About Goths" - Robert Young and Lynne McDonald-Smith "The Body Speaks Louder Than Words: What Is Lisbeth Salander Saying?" - Rachel Rodgers and Eric Bui "Lisbeth Salander as a Gender Outlaw" - Misty K. Hook "What to Say When the Patient Doesn't Talk: Lisbeth Salander and the Problem of Silence" - David Anderegg "Mistrustful: Salander's Struggle with Intimacy" - Prudence Gourguechon PART 2: THE GIRL WITH THE TORNADO INSIDE "Sadistic Pigs, Perverts, and Rapists: Sexism in Sweden" - Wind Goodfriend "Broken: How the Combination of Genes and a Rough Childhood Contribute to Violence" - Joshua Gowin "Men Who Hate Women But Hide it Well: Successful Psychopathy in the Millennium Trilogy" - Stephanie N. Mullins-Sweatt and Melissa Burkley "If Lisbeth Salander Were Real" - Hans Steiner "Confidential: Forensic Psychological Report-Lisbeth Salander" - Marisa Mauro PART 3: THE GIRL WHO COULDN'T BE STOPPED "The Magnetic Polarizing Woman" - Sandra Yingling "Resilience with a Dragon Tattoo" - Pamela Rutledge "Lisbeth Salander, Hacker" - Bernadette Schell "Salander as Superhero" - Robin S. Rosenberg "The Cost of Justice" - Mikhail Lyubansky and Elaine Shpungin About the Editors