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kestrell"blind" in a book title? Does anyone else feel compelled to at least read the review to find out what stereotypes of blindness one will find being hauled out of the mothballs?
I'm kind of tempted to read Graham Masterson's _Blind Panix_
http://monsterlibrarian.com/ghosts.htm#Blind_Panic_by_Graham_Masterton__
just to see how many of the stereotypes he hits. I figure the biggie is blind people as helpless victims on a gradn scale, and then there is teh bitter blind person cranked up to sociopath level.
The ironic part is I'm just finishing up a proposal for a presentation on how old myths of blindness are being dressed up in new clothes in order to live on in recent genre fiction.
What stereotypes do my fellow blind readers feel need to be included in the blind bingo card? Definitely the psychic blind person, although if you can make that an African-American blind person you get double points. And the pathetically helpless blind person, double points for combining it with other negative images of ageism. And the emotionally-isolated blind person, or the blind person who has nothing to do all day because s/he can't reaqd or pursue any intellectual hobbies.
Also, I still need a catchy title; so far all I have is "Old Myths in New Clothes: What Great Writers Still Get Wrong about Blindness."
I'm kind of tempted to read Graham Masterson's _Blind Panix_
http://monsterlibrarian.com/ghosts.htm#Blind_Panic_by_Graham_Masterton__
just to see how many of the stereotypes he hits. I figure the biggie is blind people as helpless victims on a gradn scale, and then there is teh bitter blind person cranked up to sociopath level.
The ironic part is I'm just finishing up a proposal for a presentation on how old myths of blindness are being dressed up in new clothes in order to live on in recent genre fiction.
What stereotypes do my fellow blind readers feel need to be included in the blind bingo card? Definitely the psychic blind person, although if you can make that an African-American blind person you get double points. And the pathetically helpless blind person, double points for combining it with other negative images of ageism. And the emotionally-isolated blind person, or the blind person who has nothing to do all day because s/he can't reaqd or pursue any intellectual hobbies.
Also, I still need a catchy title; so far all I have is "Old Myths in New Clothes: What Great Writers Still Get Wrong about Blindness."
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Date: 2010-03-05 07:01 pm (UTC)Ramachandran's book mentions that perfect pich is quite common in speakers of tonal languages, which makes sense. He cites one study where 25% of respondents hit the same note when asked to provide a particular word.