[nabs-l] Research: Representation of blindness in literature

Sat Apr 27 13:32:21 UTC 2013

On Blindness, having read the book, I found it a 
very enlightening examination of Spanish culture 
and believe it has a rightful place in 
literature. People, just calm down. We have 
entities such as the Federation and other such 
entities espousing blind independence to 
thunder  that particular message. The story of 
Blindness has an equally relevant message.
Car personally seen
>the movie or read the book, but I'm not sure if I'd want to. <Smile.>
>
>Chris Nusbaum, Co-Chair
>Public Relations Committee
>Maryland Association of Blind Students
>Phone: (443) 547-2409
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Greg Aikens
>Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 3:42 PM
>To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Research: Representation of blindness in literature
>
>Perhaps some more controversial titles would include Blindness by portuguese
>author Jose Saramago.  This was turned into a film a few years ago and
>caused a stir in our community because the negative ways people behave and
>respond when a blindness epidemic hits.  I have not read the book but the
>film was quite disturbing.
>
>A classic from spanish literature is El Lazarillo de Tornes, the story of a
>young child who gets hired to lead a blind man around in early medieval
>Spain.  Again, not the most flattering portrayal of blind people.  I had to
>read it for a spanish lit class in college.
>
>I know these aren't Swedish or children's literature, but any survey of the
>topic might want to include negative examples as well as positive ones.
>
>
>On Apr 25, 2013, at 9:48 AM, "justin williams" <justin.williams2 at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
> > No, we're just not that cool.  Big ups to Baltimore.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> > christopher nusbaum
> > Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 9:34 AM
> > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Research: Representation of blindness in
> > literature
> >
> > Yeah... do you have a book with blind characters that is set in your area?
> > Grin!
> >
> > Chris Nusbaum
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Apr 26, 2013, at 8:23 AM, justin williams
> > <justin.williams2 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Givingyourself a plug.  Nothing wrong witht that man.  Grin.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> >> christopher nusbaum
> >> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 7:00 AM
> >> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> >> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Research: Representation of blindness in
> >> literature
> >>
> >> I would also recommend Blindsided by Prescilla Commings. Although
> >> this book is also modern and American, I very much enjoyed reading it
> >> and thought the author did a good job of portraying blind people in a
> >> way that didn't evoke the reader's pity. Granted, it talks about the
> >> struggles that Natalie (the main character) goes through while
> >> adjusting to her blindness, especially her anxiety and outright
> >> refusal to use her cane (at first.) I may have a little bias toward
> >> this book, since it is set at the Maryland School for the Blind just
> >> down the road from me in Baltimore. :) But even if it were not set
> >> here, I would still recommend it to all of you. BTW, the NFB and our
> >> national center are mentioned a few times in this book! If you would
> >> like
> > to read it, Blindsided is available from Bookshare. Happy reading!!
> >>
> >> Chris Nusbaum
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >> On Apr 26, 2013, at 12:05 AM, Julie McGinnity <kaybaycar at gmail.com>
>wrote:
> >>
> >>> There is a book called Girl, Stolen by April Henry that is about a
> >>> blind girl who is kidnapped.  Jane Eyre is a good one in my opinion.
> >>> But if you're looking for something a bit more about blind
> >>> characters adjusting to blindness you can always find Follow my
> >>> Leader.  Blind Sighted is another more recent one.  If you want
> >>> something a little more fantastical, there is a blind character in
> >>> Libba Bray's new book the Diviners.  There is also Beastly, which
> >>> was made into a movie a couple years ago.  But those are more modern
> >>> and American(except for Jane Eyre).  Even so, they might be interesting
>reads for you.
> >>>
> >>> On 4/25/13, Joe <jsoro620 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> Focus on the Family featured a blind character in their Adventures
> >>>> in Odyssey series. Not literature, strictly speaking, though the
> >>>> radio show did produce some films and book editions, I believe.
> >>>> Also, I forget the exact name of the book, but was it something
> >>>> like The Seeing Summer? It's about the girl who is kidnapped and
> >>>> held for ransom.--Joe
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carrie
> >>>> Gilmer
> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 3:54 PM
> >>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> >>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Research: Representation of blindness in
> >>>> literature
> >>>>
> >>>> Hello-
> >>>> Two of my best friends from college were international students
> >>>> from Sweden, over 25 years ago. we are still very close.  Asked
> >>>> them what they knew. they both said they can recall absolutely no
> >>>> blind character in lit anywhere from childhood or young adulthood,
> >>>> and both also had never seen a blind person until sometime after
> >>>> coming to
> > U.S.
> >> ...may be a difficult  or sparse topic.
> >>>> best of luck
> >>>> Carrie
> >>>> Sent from my iPad
> >>>>
> >>>> On Apr 23, 2013, at 9:55 PM, Kaiti Shelton
> >>>> <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I don't know of anything specifically Swedish, but I've seen
> >>>>> several depictions of blindness depicted in English literature.
> >>>>> There is one book called, "Hannah," where a blind girl wants to go
> >>>>> to
> > school.
> >>>>> She seems super dependent in there to me, but the book is also set
> >>>>> in the 19th century so back then that might have been more common.
> >>>>> In the end she participates in some sort of harvesting contest to
> >>>>> try to raise money to buy a brailler, and when she can't fathom
> >>>>> how she's won she finds that the town kept putting their picked
> >>>>> fruits/vegitables in her basket instead of their own.  There is
> >>>>> also a book I've come across called, "From Charlie's Point of
> >>>>> View, although I haven't really read it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 4/23/13, Leye-Shprintse <leyeshprintse at ymail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>> BS"D
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Dear NABS,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I'm a blind student and it's time for me to start writing my thesis.
> >>>>>> I've chosen to write about the representation of blindness in
> >>>>>> Swedish children's and youth literature. I wonder if you've some
> >>>>>> ideas where I can rasearch information to my thesis, do you know
> >>>>>> if someone else have written about this subject? I think it's a
> >>>>>> very important subject but since Swedish isn't a big language I
> >>>>>> can't find so much information here. I'm happy for all ideas you
> >>>>>> can give me! It feels so big to write a thesis so I'm a bit
> > overwhelmed!
> >>>>>> Forgive my bad English!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Kind regards,
> >>>>>> Leye-Shprintse
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Envoyé de mon iPad
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> >>> Julie McG
> >>> National Association of Guide dog Users board member,  National
> >>> Federation of the Blind performing arts division secretary, Missouri
> >>> Association of Guide dog Users President, and Guiding Eyes for the
> >>> Blind graduate 2008 "For God so loved the world that he gave his
> >>> only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but
> >>> may have eternal life."
> >>> John 3:16
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