© Evening Standard/Getty Images Posthumous Narratives: How Janis Joplin's Authority Can Be Recovered through Inner Child TheoryPaperRomy Mennen 07/02/202428 minutes to read This paper aims to find ways in which the existing narratives about Janis Joplin's life and legacy, where she is portrayed as a 'little blue girl' could be reframed and reinterpreted by the concept of the inner child.