Sight unseen
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Published
New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [1999].
Format
Book
ISBN
0300076800, 9780300076806
Physical Desc
x, 233 pages ; 22 cm
Status
Woonsocket Harris - Adult Non-Fiction
617.712 KLE
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Published
New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [1999].
Language
English
ISBN
0300076800, 9780300076806

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-233).
Description
"This book offers an unexpected and unprecedented account of blindness and sight. Legally blind since the age of eleven, Georgina Kleege draws on her experiences to offer a detailed testimony of visual impairment - both her own view of the world and the world's view of the blind." "Kleege describes the negative social status of the blind, analyzes stereotypes of the blind that have been perpetuated by movies, and discusses how blindness has been portrayed in literature. She vividly conveys the visual experience of someone with severely impaired sight and explains what she can see and what she cannot (and how her inability to achieve eye contact - in a society that prizes that form of connection - has affected her). Finally she tells of the various ways she reads, and the freedom she felt when she stopped concealing her blindness and acquired skills, such as reading braille, as part of a new, blind identity. Without sentimentality or cliches, Kleege offers us the opportunity to imagine life without sight."--Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Kleege, G. (1999). Sight unseen . Yale University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kleege, Georgina, 1956-. 1999. Sight Unseen. Yale University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kleege, Georgina, 1956-. Sight Unseen Yale University Press, 1999.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Kleege, Georgina. Sight Unseen Yale University Press, 1999.

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