Lenses on Blindness

Essays on Vision Loss in Media, Culture, Religion and Experience

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Blindness, or vision loss, is a major medical concern that has also drawn the attention of artists, writers, musicians, mythologists, filmmakers, religions, philosophers and others. Covering everything from pop culture to high culture, this text is an illuminating anthology of essays examining various representations of blindness. Comprehensive in scope, this collection of essays analyzes depictions and explorations of blindness in many pieces of media. Essays explore blindness in horror films, science fiction literature, high art, superhero fiction, Jewish and indigenous traditions, music and more. This book aims to show how a world of darkness can hold so much light.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-03-02
Mått152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt299 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor225
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9781476682303

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Table of ContentsPrefaceSharon Packer, M.D.IntroductionSharon Packer, M.D.Sound Over Sight: Depicting Blindness in Horror Films (From a Sound Specialist’s Perspective)Jeffrey BullinsA Blind Boyhood: Reflections by a Poetry ProfessorReja-e BusailahBlindness in Science Fiction: From Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to Star Trek’s La Forge—and Much MoreJason W. EllisLooking at the Unseeing: Blindness in the History ofCarlos Espí ForcénVisual Loss in Cinema: A Psychiatrist’s ViewpointFernando Espí ForcénUnsighted Superheroes: Insights from Comics, Films andJaq GreensponPastoral Counseling and Impending Blindness: Vision Loss and a Quest for MeaningCurtis W. HartBlinded on the Battlefield: True Superhero Stories of Mikhail Margolin and Al SchmidGeorge HighamBlindness in the Jewish Tradition: From Written Text to Oral Law to Contemporary Medical PracticeJerome M. Karp and Howard L. FormanNative Stories About Vision and Impairment: Western Medicine Meets Aboriginal MythosAndrew J. McLeanBlind African American Musicians: Insights from a Social PsychiatristH. Steven MofficIdioms and Ideas: Meanings and MetaphorsSharon Packer, M.D.Through the Eye(s) of Tiresias: From Thebes and BeyondCaleb Puckett“Close your eyes and see”: Blindness and LiteratureEric SandbergBlindness as Holocaust Metaphor: Elie Wiesel’s A Beggar in Jerusalem and The ForgottenEric J. SterlingIn Darkness and Light: The Meanings of Blindness in the WestBrenda S. Gardenour WalterOut of Sight: Body and Building from Medical Architecture to Post-Modern Haptic SpaceBrenda S. Gardenour WalterFilmographyBibliographyAbout the ContributorsIndex