Hi Friend, This book sounds good chapter to chapter I want to readd it. Can I get it free? Can you post in Access India?
On 5/17/13, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks very good imfarmation > -----Original message----- > From: avinash shahi > Sent: 17/05/2013, 6:42 pm > To: accessindia > Subject: [AI] Book review: Borderlands of blindness,By Erin Pritchard > > > , by Beth Omansky, Boulder, CO, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2011, 229 > pp., $55.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-58-826780-1 > http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09687599.2013.783424#.UZYqrs_rbIU > Borderlands of Blindness examines the experiences of people who are > legally blind, using a social constructive perspective. Exploring > notions and experiences of legal blindness, the book shows how people > who are legally blind neither fit into the sighted community or the > blind community, resulting in a number of problems and unique > experiences, all of which the book covers. > > The book opens with author’s experience of dining in Portland’s blind > café, which automatically gives the reader a good example of how > disability is socially constructed. The introduction also provides an > intriguing insight into how people who are legally blind experience > spaces differently from people who are completely blind and those who > are sighted. As the author herself is legally blind, a > thought-provoking narrative to her experiences of the café is given. > The book is then split into four parts, each containing about three > chapters, focusing on different issues that all contribute to the > experiences of legally blind people. > > In Part One, Chapter Two, Omansky begins by giving an in-depth > discussion of the research methods and methodologies that was > incorporated into her study. Omansky clearly discusses the reflexivity > in her research and her positionality as a person who is also legally > blind, which helps to contribute to a very personal approach > throughout the book. A considerable amount of detail is given in > explaining the research process and methods involved in the study. The > author also clearly engages with the advantages of being a disabled > person and carrying disability research. > > The third chapter focuses on how blindness is traditionally > understood, affecting people who do not fit into the common perception > of blindness, which is being totally unsighted. Engaging with the > medical model of disability the chapter shows how blindness is often > understood as something to be cured, which is often further encouraged > through charities for the blind. > > Chapter Four provides the life-stories of four legally blind people, > including that of the author. This chapter really gives a good > background of each participant, which helps to give a better > understanding of their experiences as a legally blind person, > especially for the proceeding chapters. I felt the position of this > chapter in the book did not sit well and would have been better placed > after the methodology chapter. > > Part Two includes Chapters Five, Six and Seven, focusing on legal > blindness in relation to political economy. In Chapter Five, Omansky > explores education and how people who are blind are often segregated > and placed in segregated schools for blind children. A historical > overview of education for blind children is given before moving on to > ‘the dilemmas of legal blindness’ in public education. Omansky > provides the problems legally blind people face in attending schools > either for sighted or totally blind students, as they do not seem to > fit in either. What is also thought-provoking is when Omansky > questions the use of Braille for legally blind people, particularly > for students with degenerative eye conditions. > > The book then turns to ‘the perils of rehabilitation’ in Chapter Six, > questioning both rehabilitation used in theory and rehabilitation in > practice and how both affect people who are legally blind. Moving on, > but linking to rehabilitation, employment is explored in Chapter > Seven, mostly focusing on employment discrimination that adds to many > of the current issues surrounding disability and employment > discrimination. > > Part Three of the book, which is made up of Chapters Eight, Nine and > Ten, looks at the social life of legally blind people. Chapter Eight > focuses on how blindness is constructed through sighted people’s > reactions to blindness and includes how they are affected through > misapprehensions of blindness and media images. Interestingly, Omansky > engages with the dilemma of blind people being unable to drive, > leaving them to deal with the problems of using public transport, due > to a lack of adequate facilities, affecting the social interactions > that legally blind people have with friends and family. > > In Chapter Nine, Omansky uses a phenomenological approach to give an > embodied account of being legally blind. The chapter includes a > section on stimulating blindness and how it fails to create a genuine > experience of legal blindness due to how legal blindness can change > due to external factors such as weather conditions and lighting. > Omansky also includes issues of personal safety and how legally blind > people tackle these issues through coping strategies such as taking up > Judo. The chapter ends with a phenomenological account of legally > blind people choosing to use the white cane and why they choose to use > it or not use it, including social issues. > > Moving on, but backing up some of the points made in Chapter Nine, > Chapter Ten explores the identity of legally blind people. Using > postmodern concepts of identity formation and social constructionism, > the chapter focuses on passing and coming out as a legally blind > person through different techniques, such as trying to pass as a > sighted person and coming out through the use of the white cane. The > chapter also looks at the superhero identity and legal blindness, > which contributes to the broader argument concerning the notion of > disabled people as super-crips and superhumans. > > The book comes to an end in Part Four, giving a strong conclusion to > all the issues explored and the theoretical frameworks used. > Disability is a broad subject, made up of various impairments. > Borderlands of Blindness adds new knowledge to disability studies by > providing detailed information surrounding a sensory impairment that > is not always apparent and is lesser known. > > This book will prove useful for students and researchers within > disability studies, especially for those with a keen interest in the > social construction of disability. It is great for students planning > on carrying out their own research project as it provides clear and > concise arguments surrounding research methods and methodologies > within disability studies. What I liked most about this book was how > it dealt with society’s attitudes to a disability that does not fit > the stereotype, which is that blindness is not about being totally > unsighted. The book is a useful contribution to understanding the > social construction of disability and its effects on people who are > legally blind. > > © 2013, Erin Pritchard > > -- > Avinash Shahi > MPhil Research Scholar > Centre for the Study of Law and Governance > Jawaharlal Nehru University > New Delhi India > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. 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