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Toward an Aesthetics of Blindness
Blindness has always fascinated those who can see. Although modern imaginative portrayals of the sightless experience are increasingly positive, the affirmative elements of these renderings are inevitably tempered and problematized by the visual predilections of the artists undertaking them. This book explores a variety of the (dis)continuities between depictions of the sightless experience of beauty by sighted artists and the lived aesthetic experiences of blind people. It does so by pressing a radical interdisciplinary reinterpretation of celebrated dramatic portrayals of blindness into service as a tool with which to probe the boundaries of the capacities of the sighted imagination while ...
The History and Poetics of Scientific Biography
Biographies of scientists carry an increasingly prominent role in today's publishing climate. Traditional historical and sociological accounts of science are complemented by narratives that emphasize the importance of the scientific subject in the production of science. Not least is the realization that the role of science in culture is much more accessible when presented through the lives of its practitioners. Taken as a genre, such biographies play an important role in the public understanding of science. In recent years there has been an increasing number of monographs and collections about biography in general and literary biography in particular. However, biographies of scientists, engi...
Second Sight
He knew he was going blind. Yet he finished graduate school, became a history professor, and wrote books about the American West. Then, nearly fifty, Robert Hine lost his vision completely. Fifteen years later, a risky eye operation restored partial vision, returning Hine to the world of the sighted. "The trauma seemed instructive enough" for him to begin a journal. That journal is the heart of Second Sight, a sensitively written account of Hine's journey into darkness and out again. The first parts are told simply, with little anguish. The emotion comes when sight returns; like a child he discovers the world anew—the intensity of colors, the sadness of faces grown older, the renewed excit...
A History of Danish Literature
Volume 1.
National Union Catalog
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Ties That Stress
What has happened to the American family in the last few decades? And what are these changes doing to our children? David Elkind, author of "The Hurried Child", attempts to answer such questions. This book - the culmination of his inquiry - puts together all the puzzling facts and conflicting accounts to show us what the American family has become.
The Cultural Cold War in Western Europe, 1945-1960
This book provides a cross-section of case studies that highlight the connections between overt/covert activities and cultural/political agendas during the early Cold War.
Summary of Tove Ditlevsen's The Copenhagen Trilogy
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The sun broke over the gypsy wagon, as if it came from inside it, and Scabie Hans came out with bare chest and a wash basin in his hands. When he had poured the water over himself, he put out his hand for a towel and Pretty Lili gave it to him. They didn’t say a word to each other. #2 When my mother was dressed, she would stand in front of the mirror in the bedroom and spit on a piece of pink tissue paper, which she then rubbed hard across her cheeks. I would carry the cups out to the kitchen, and inside of me long, mysterious words began to crawl across my soul like a protective membrane. #3 My father was a scoundrel and a drunkard, but at least he wasn’t a socialist. My brother Edvin was going to be a skilled worker, something very special. Skilled workers had real tablecloths on the table instead of newspaper. #4 The living room is an island of light and warmth for many thousands of evenings. It’s always winter, and out in the world it’s ice cold like in the bedroom and the kitchen. The fire roars in the stove.
The Cultural Cold War in Western Europe, 1945-60
The idea of the Cold War as a propaganda contest as opposed to a military conflict is being increasingly accepted. This has led to a re-evaluation of the relationship between economic policies, political agendas and cultural activities in Western Europe post 1945. This book provides an important cross-section of case studies that highlight the connections between overt/covert activities and cultural/political agendas during the early Cold War. It therefore provides a valuable bridge between diplomatic and intelligence research and represents an important contribution towards our understanding of the significance and consequences of this linkage for the shaping of post-war democratic societies.
