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Mary Poppins comes back on the end of a kite string, stays with the Banks family for a while, and then disappears on a merry-go-round horse.
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Books That Changed Me : Jaclyn Moriarty
2012
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— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 28 October 2012; (p. 14) -
Magic Women on the Margins : Ec-centric Models in Mary Poppins and Ms Wiz
2009
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criticism
— Appears in: Children's Literature in Education , December vol. 40 no. 4 2009; (p. 263-274)'This paper offers a comparative analysis of two characters belonging to the tradition of empowered “spinster” in children’s fiction, namely Mary Poppins and Ms Wiz, from the perspective of gender politics and child/adult interactions. A distinction is made between the figure portrayed in P. L. Travers’ texts and the Disney film starring Julie Andrews, which turned the magic nanny into a cultural icon. These two renderings of the powerful, single woman, in turn, are contrasted with Terence Blacker’s postmodern depiction of the good witch in the “Ms Wiz” series, with a view to tracing the evolution of the ostracised female wizard, a character inherited from folklore that has its origin in the Great Mother archetype. As is demonstrated, each representation of the supernatural woman modifies the manner in which the feminine influences the patriarchal order.'
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Books That Changed Me : Jaclyn Moriarty
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 28 October 2012; (p. 14) -
Magic Women on the Margins : Ec-centric Models in Mary Poppins and Ms Wiz
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Children's Literature in Education , December vol. 40 no. 4 2009; (p. 263-274)'This paper offers a comparative analysis of two characters belonging to the tradition of empowered “spinster” in children’s fiction, namely Mary Poppins and Ms Wiz, from the perspective of gender politics and child/adult interactions. A distinction is made between the figure portrayed in P. L. Travers’ texts and the Disney film starring Julie Andrews, which turned the magic nanny into a cultural icon. These two renderings of the powerful, single woman, in turn, are contrasted with Terence Blacker’s postmodern depiction of the good witch in the “Ms Wiz” series, with a view to tracing the evolution of the ostracised female wizard, a character inherited from folklore that has its origin in the Great Mother archetype. As is demonstrated, each representation of the supernatural woman modifies the manner in which the feminine influences the patriarchal order.'
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