Description: Life Unseen : A Story of Blindness, Hardcover by Mills, Selina, ISBN 1848856903, ISBN-13 9781848856905, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "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 successfuljournalistic 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"--
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Book Title: Life Unseen : a Story of Blindness
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Item Height: 1.2 in
Publication Year: 2023
Topic: People with Disabilities, Ophthalmology
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Medical
Item Weight: 20.7 Oz
Item Length: 9.5 in
Author: Selina Mills
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Hardcover
