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Cultural Studies Methodologies and Narrative Family Therapy: Therapeutic Conversations About Pop Culture
Author(s) -
Tilsen Julie,
Nylund David
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/famp.12204
Subject(s) - narrative , praxis , sociology , popular culture , hegemony , narrative therapy , family therapy , vignette , cultural studies , psychology , politics , aesthetics , social psychology , psychotherapist , media studies , epistemology , political science , anthropology , law , philosophy , linguistics
Therapists recognize that popular media culture is an influential force that shapes identities and relationships in contemporary society. Indeed, people have serious relationships with the commodities and practices that emerge from pop culture. However, they often lack the conceptual and conversational resources to engage meaningfully with clients about pop culture's influence in their lives. Cultural studies is introduced as an interdisciplinary approach that provides frameworks for both theory and practice that position therapists and clients to critically examine the role of pop culture in their lives. Cultural studies and narrative therapy are discussed as praxis allies that share a populist political intention and counter‐hegemonic discursive practices. The integration of cultural studies methodologies into narrative therapy practice with a parent and her teenage daughter is illustrated through a case vignette.