What is it about?
This paper observes the 50th anniversary of The Who with a psychoanalytic review of their landmark rock opera TOMMY, incorporating object relations theory, attachment research, the self in disorder model of James Masterson, as well as an overview of the opera itself and its lasting cultural influence
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Why is it important?
As a teaching tool, this bibliotherapy adjunct instructs in accessible terms the impact of distorted narratives upon character development
Perspectives
Graeme Daniels is a psychotherapist from California, a practitioner of psychoanalytically-derived models of psychotherapy, a specialist in addictions treatment, and an avid rock and roll fan
Mr Graeme Daniels
West Coast Masterson Institute
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This page is a summary of: A question of pathology: Attachment patterns, object relations, and a disorder of the self within the rock opera TOMMY, Culture & Psychology, February 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1354067x15621484.
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