| dc.contributor.author | Kruschek, Gina | |
| dc.description.abstract | The present study investigates how the modern re-authoring of Punk clothing styles through the character of Lisbeth Salander in Steig Larsson’s novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, its American film adaptation, and the subsequent H&M Dragon Tattoo collection works rhetorically within fiction and reality. A close reading of the novel and hybrid semiotic analysis of the film reveal a problematic characterization of Salander that overshadows the overwhelmingly positive response to her character from readers and viewers of the film. Conclusions from a rhetorical analysis of the original H&M press release and five articles that reported on the announcement, and analysis of data from a mixed methods survey include that the tensions and complexity in the fiction can lead to a contradictory and potentially dangerous understanding of how Punk clothing styles found in the H&M Dragon Tattoo collection function rhetorically in the lived experiences of women in Western society. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.rights | NDSU Policy 190.6.2 | |
| dc.title | The Girl, the Film, and the Wardrobe: A Study of Texts, Tension, and Approachability in Punk Clothing and the Girl with the Dragon Tatoo | en_US |
| dc.type | Master's paper | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-17T16:09:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-07-17T16:09:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10365/23234 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Clothing and dress -- Social aspects | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Fashion -- Social aspects | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Punk culture | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Larsson, Stieg, 1954-2004. Män som hatar kvinnor | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Salander, Lisbeth (Fictitious character) | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf | en_US |
| ndsu.degree | Master of Arts (MA) | en_US |
| ndsu.college | Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences | en_US |
| ndsu.department | English | en_US |
| ndsu.program | English | en_US |
| ndsu.advisor | Mara, Miriam | |
