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Author : Eleftheria A. Bernidaki-Aldous
Release : 1990
Genre : Drama
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Book Synopsis Blindness in a Culture of Light by : Eleftheria A. Bernidaki-Aldous
Download or read book Blindness in a Culture of Light written by Eleftheria A. Bernidaki-Aldous. This book was released on 1990. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Johns Hopkins University.
Author : Menelaos Christopoulos
Release : 2010-09-25
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis Light and Darkness in Ancient Greek Myth and Religion by : Menelaos Christopoulos
Download or read book Light and Darkness in Ancient Greek Myth and Religion written by Menelaos Christopoulos. This book was released on 2010-09-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Light and Darkness in Ancient Greek Myth and Religion is a ground-breaking volume dedicated to a thorough examination of the well known empirical categories of light and darkness as it relates to modes of thought, beliefs and social behavior in Greek culture. With a systematic and multi-disciplinary approach, the book elucidates the light/darkness dichotomy in color semantics, appearance and concealment of divinities and creatures of darkness, the eye sight and the insight vision, and the role of the mystic or cultic.
Author : Chad Hartsock
Release : 2008-01-01
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 355/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Sight and Blindness in Luke-Acts by : Chad Hartsock
Download or read book Sight and Blindness in Luke-Acts written by Chad Hartsock. This book was released on 2008-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading Luke-Acts through the lens of Greco-Roman physiognomics, this is a study of the use of physical descriptions in characterization in the biblical texts. Specifically, this work studies blindness as characterization and, ultimately, as an interpretive guide to Luke-Acts.
Author : M. Leona Godin
Release : 2022-08-30
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 40X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis There Plant Eyes by : M. Leona Godin
Download or read book There Plant Eyes written by M. Leona Godin. This book was released on 2022-08-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Homer to Helen Keller, from Dune to Stevie Wonder, from the invention of braille to the science of echolocation, M. Leona Godin explores the fascinating history of blindness, interweaving it with her own story of gradually losing her sight. “[A] thought-provoking mixture of criticism, memoir, and advocacy." —The New Yorker There Plant Eyes probes the ways in which blindness has shaped our ocularcentric culture, challenging deeply ingrained ideas about what it means to be “blind.” For millennia, blindness has been used to signify such things as thoughtlessness (“blind faith”), irrationality (“blind rage”), and unconsciousness (“blind evolution”). But at the same time, blind people have been othered as the recipients of special powers as compensation for lost sight (from the poetic gifts of John Milton to the heightened senses of the comic book hero Daredevil). Godin—who began losing her vision at age ten—illuminates the often-surprising history of both the condition of blindness and the myths and ideas that have grown up around it over the course of generations. She combines an analysis of blindness in art and culture (from King Lear to Star Wars) with a study of the science of blindness and key developments in accessibility (the white cane, embossed printing, digital technology) to paint a vivid personal and cultural history. A genre-defying work, There Plant Eyes reveals just how essential blindness and vision are to humanity’s understanding of itself and the world.
Author : Sharon Packer, M.D.
Release : 2023-02-16
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 305/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Lenses on Blindness by : Sharon Packer, M.D.
Download or read book Lenses on Blindness written by Sharon Packer, M.D.. This book was released on 2023-02-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
