pt. I. Misogyny and mayhem. Always ambivalent : Why media is never just entertainment / Abby L. Ferber

Kick-ass feminism : Violence, resistance, and feminist avengers in Larsson's trilogy / Kristine De Welde

Lisbeth Salander as "final girl" in the Swedish "Girl who" films / Karen A. Ritzenhoff

Accounts of violence against women : The potential of realistic fiction / Roberta Villalón

State complicity in men's violence against women / Patricia Yancey Martin

pt. II. Gender and power in the new millennium. The gender ambiguity of Lisbeth Salander : Third-wave feminist hero? / Judith Lorber

Third-wave rebels in a second-wave world : Polyamory, gender, . and power / Mimi Schippers

Men who love women : Pro-feminist masculinities in the millennium trilogy / Michael Kimmel

Tiny, tattooed, and tough as nails : Representation of Lisbeth Salander's body / Catherine (Kay) G. Valentine

Hacker republic : Cyberspace and the feminist appropriation of technology / Sophie Statzel Bjork-James

Is this what equality looks like? : Working women in the millennium trilogy / Diane E. Levy

pt. III. Swedish perspectives. Corporations, the welfare state, and covert misogyny in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo / Anna Westerståhl Stenport and Cecilia Ovesdotter Alm

Lisbeth Salander and her Swedish crime fiction "sisters" : Stieg Larsson's hero in a genre context / Kerstin Bergman

Is Mikael Blomkvist the man of the millennium? : A Swedish perspective on masculinity and feminism in Larsson's millennium trilogy / Sara Kärrholm

pt. IV. Readers' responses. An open letter to the next Stieg Larsson / LeeAnn Kriegh

Pippi and Lisbeth : Fictional heroes across generations / Meika Loe

Feminist bloggers kick Larsson's ass : Reading resistance online / Jessie Daniels

Feminist avenger or male fantasy? : Reading the reception of the millennium trilogy / Caryn Murphy.