Lenses on Blindness

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Lenses on Blindness is written by Sharon Packer, M.D. and published by McFarland. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1476682305 (ISBN 10) and 9781476682303 (ISBN 13).

Blindness, or vision loss, is a major medical concern that has also drawn the attention of artists, writers, musicians, mythologists, filmmakers, religions, philosophers and others. Covering everything from pop culture to high culture, this text is an illuminating anthology of essays examining various representations of blindness. Comprehensive in scope, this collection of essays analyzes depictions and explorations of blindness in many pieces of media. Essays explore blindness in horror films, science fiction literature, high art, superhero fiction, Jewish and indigenous traditions, music and more. This book aims to show how a world of darkness can hold so much light.