Description
What connects these seemingly disparate works is what Bolt calls "the metanarrative of blindness," a narrative steeped in mythology and with deep roots in Western culture. Bolt examines literary representations of blindness using the analytical tools of disability studies in both the humanities and social sciences. His readings are also broadly appreciative of personal, social, and cultural aspects of disability, with the aim of bringing literary scholars to the growing discipline of disability studies, and vice versa. This truly interdisciplinary monograph is relevant to people working in literary studies, disability studies, psychology, sociology, applied linguistics, life writing, and cultural studies, as well as those with a general interest in education and representations of blindness.
About the Author
David Bolt is Lecturer in Education Studies at Liverpool Hope University, UK and the founding editor of the Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies.
Book Information
ISBN 9780472119066
Author David Bolt
Format Hardback
Page Count 208
Imprint The University of Michigan Press
Publisher The University of Michigan Press
Weight(grams) 459g