Dramatizing Blindness

Disability Studies as Critical Creative Narrative

Devon Healey

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Springer Nature Switzerland AG
01 September 2021

Theatre Studies; Creative writing & creative writing guides; Plays & playscripts; Literary theory; Teaching of physically disabled students

Series: Literary Disability Studies

Dramatizing Blindness: Disability Studies as Critical Creative Narrative engages with the cultural meanings and movements of blindness. This book addresses how blindness is lived in particular contexts—in offices of ophthalmology and psychiatry, in classrooms of higher education, in accessibility service offices, on the street, and at home. Taking the form of a play written in five acts, the narrative dramatizes how the main character’s blindness is conceived of in the world and in the self. Each act includes an analysis where blind studies is explored in relation to disability studies. This work reveals the performative enactment of blindness that is lived in the public as well as in the private corners of the self, demonstrating how blindness is a form of perception. Devon Healey’s work orients to blindness as a necessary and creative feature of the sensorium and shows how blindness is a form of perception.

By: Devon Healey
Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: 2021 ed.
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
Weight: 388g
ISBN: 9783030808105
ISBN 10: 3030808106
Series: Literary Disability Studies
Pages: 182
Publication Date: 01 September 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction.- Act I The Genesis of Blindness.- Act II The School of Hard Knocks.- Act III Blindness in the Street.- Act IV At Home by Myself With You.- Act V The Spectre of a Home.- Conclusion: Awiatiing the Arrival of Blindness.

Devon Healey is Assistant Professor of Disability Studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, Canada. She has published papers in The Canadian Journal of Disability Studies and the Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies.

Reviews for Dramatizing Blindness: Disability Studies as Critical Creative Narrative

“Healey seamlessly translates the lived experience across each of the five (V) acts and helpfully concludes each act with a theoretical intermission wherein Healey provides a comprehensive analysis for meaningful interpretation. ... I highly recommend this artistic masterpiece to any student, scholar, or novice … . Dramatizing Blindness has revolutionized what it means to write a dissertation—a sentiment that brings hope, excitement, and boundless potential for future works to be imagined, and considered … .” (Hilary Pearson, Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, Vol. 13 (3), December, 2024)