Life Unseen: A Story of Blindness (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781350507210)

Imagine a world without sight. Is it dark and gloomy? Is it terrifying and isolating? Or is it simply a state of not seeing, which we have demonised and sentimentalized over the centuries? And why is blindness so frightening?

In this fascinating historical adventure, Broadcaster and author Selina Mills takes us on a journey through the history of blindness in Western Culture to discover that blindness is not so dark after all.
Inspired by her own experience of losing her sight as she forged a successful journalistic career, Life Unseen takes us through a personal and unsentimental historical quest through the lives, stories and achievements of blind people - as well as those sighted people who sought to patronize, demonize and fix them. From the blind poet Homer, through the myths and moralising of early medieval culture to the scientific and medical discoveries of the Enlightenment and modern times, the story of blindness turns out to be a story of our whole culture.

Author: Selina Mills
ISBN-10: 1350507210
ISBN-13: 9781350507210
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 10/17/2024
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.32w x 0.84d