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There Plant Eyes
- A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness
- By: M. Leona Godin
- Narrated by: M. Leona Godin
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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There Plant Eyes probes the ways in which blindness has shaped our ocularcentric culture, challenging deeply ingrained ideas about what it means to be “blind”. For millennia, blindness has been used to signify such things as thoughtlessness (“blind faith”), irrationality (“blind rage”), and unconsciousness (“blind evolution”). But at the same time, blind people have been othered as the recipients of special powers as compensation for lost sight (from the poetic gifts of John Milton to the heightened senses of the comic book hero Daredevil).
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Truly insightful and a must read for all!
- By Kim Paulk on 09-11-21
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There Plant Eyes
- A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness
- Narrated by: M. Leona Godin
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 06-01-21
- Language: English
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From Homer to Helen Keller, from Dune to Stevie Wonder, from the invention of braille to the science of echolocation, M. Leona Godin explores the fascinating history of blindness, interweaving it with her own story of gradually losing her sight...
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