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

Chris Nusbaum dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Sun Apr 28 22:04:29 UTC 2013


Hey Sophie,

What is that book? I'd be interested in reading it.

Thanks,

Chris

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 Sophie Trist
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I also ran across a blind Kung Fu master in a young adult series recently.
Though a lot of blind characters in literature reflect stereotypes, there
are a few exceptions.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "justin williams" <justin.williams2 at gmail.com
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The blind swordsmen from japan.  I Ziratuchi or something like that.  Also,
the Dare Devil.  Commic books.   There is a blind jedi who is 
evil in some
sort of series or something.   There was a blind ranger in the R 
A Salvatore
books; he was a skilled combattent.   There is a true story about 
Harry
Cordillo; he was amazing.

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kirt Manwaring
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 8:22 PM
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There are random blind characters all over the place in literature, though
I've more often than not seen them in very minor roles which, though they
are not central to the story, still tend to reflect the stereotypes we all
know well.  Also, Dr. Jernigan gave a banquet address called
"Blindness: is
Literature Against Us?," which can be found on nfb.org.  I'm reading an epic
fantasy series called A Song of Ice and Fire, and there is a very elderly
blind man in a supporting role who is always being lead around by some
servants, very slowly stumbling about on those rare occasions one of his
servants isn't there, etc etc.

On 4/27/13, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com> wrote:
 I think the Avatar series, the TV show not the blue people, might have  a
few novels out.  If so there is a blind character in there who is  pretty
cool, although the show plays off the stereotype that blind  people can use
sound to know everything around them.  Also, you might  want to consider
some of the commics.  Dare Devel is the one that most  readily comes to
mind, but there are a few others that feature blind  characters too.

 On 4/27/13, melissa Green <lissa1531 at gmail.com> wrote:
 Personally, I wouldn't use Jane eyre completely.
 But there is one scene that I would use that I think is appropriate  and
brings about discussiion.
 I wish I could think of some books right now.  But I can't.

 Blessings,
 Sincerely,
 Melissa and Pj
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 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
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 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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