Sight Unseen

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Synopsis

This elegantly written book offers an unexpected and unprecidented accout 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. "I hope to turn the reader's gaze outward, to say not only 'Here's what I see' but also "here's what you see,' to show what's both unique and universal," Kleege writes.

Kleege describes the negative social status of the blind, analyzes stereotypes of the blind hat 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 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.

Copyright:
1999

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
171 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780300076806
Publisher:
N/A
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Georgina Kleege
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Health, Mind and Body, Social Studies, Medicine
Submitted By:
Bookshare.org Volunteer
Proofread By:
Snehali (Holly) Marimuthu
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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