[nabs-l] Research: Representation of blindness in literature
Kaiti Shelton
crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com
Sun Apr 28 22:10:44 UTC 2013
I read a book a few years ago which may or not have been listed on
here because I forgot the title, but it was about a sighted boy who
had a bad home life but started reading for this blind woman. He
eventually became friends with her and somehow wound up living with
her by the end of the book. It was kind of cool because the woman
made Gourmet soups for a living and sold them, so it showed blind
people could cook for themselves which is something I've noticed a lot
of people assume we can't do.
There's also a book called "Comes the Blind Fury" that I found on one
of my old SD cards. It's kind of a stretch, but it's about this girl
who moves with her family to a seaside town called Paradise Point.
While exxploring her bedroom she finds a doll in the closet and names
her Amanda. Years ago a blind girl named Amanda had been killed when
her classmates teased and taunted her; while trying to get away she
fell off a cliff into the sea. Amanda's Spirit roams Paradise Point,
and after Michelle injures her leg and her classmates begin taunting
her too the spirit of Amanda becomes her only friend. It's a horror
story by John Saul.
On 4/28/13, Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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> literature
>
> 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
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Research: Representation of blindness in
> literature
>
> 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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>
>
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> From: "Julie McGinnity" <kaybaycar at gmail.com
> To: <jsoro620 at gmail.com>; "National Association of Blind
> Students
> mailing list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Research: Representation of blindness in
> literature
>
>
> 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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> 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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