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Mary Poppins as Family Therapist
Author(s) -
Nayman Ilana
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1467-8438.1995.tb01038.x
Subject(s) - psychoanalytic theory , underpinning , popular culture , sociology , family therapy , psychoanalysis , psychology , aesthetics , project commissioning , publishing , epistemology , psychotherapist , art , media studies , philosophy , literature , civil engineering , engineering
This article takes a light‐hearted look at popular culture focusing on the 1964 film Mary Poppins. Some aspects drawn from theory underpinning family therapy and from the psychoanalytic ideas of Winnicott and Klein are applied, tongue firmly in cheek . Serious points made include the ubiquitous presence of popular culture in our lives, and the idea that Art/Popular culture may anticipate (or at least accompany) explicit formulation of scientific ideas.