| ISBN |
1984881426 (hardcover)
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| ISBN13桁 |
9781984881427 (hardcover)
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| 無効なISBN等 |
9781984881434 (electronic book)
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| テキストの言語 |
英語
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| 分類：NDC10版 |
369.275
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| 個人著者標目 |
Leland, Andrew,
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| 本タイトル |
The country of the blind :
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| タイトル関連情報 |
a memoir at the end of sight /
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| 著者名 |
Andrew Leland.
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| 出版地・頒布地 |
New York :
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| 出版者・頒布者名 |
Penguin Press,
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| 出版年・頒布年 |
2023,
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| 数量 |
xxv, 339 pages ;
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| 大きさ |
25 cm
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| 書誌注記 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-325) and index.
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| 内容注記 |
Introduction. The end begins -- Part I. Phantom limp. Seeing stars ; National blindness ; Blinded by definition -- Part II. The lost world. The male gaze ; Camera obscura ; The library of Babel ; The makers -- Part III. Structured discovery. Against blindness ; Lady justice ; Half smiling -- Conclusion. Endgame.
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| 要約、抄録、注釈等 |
A witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author's transition from sightedness to blindness - and his quest to learn all he can about blindness as a distinct and rich culture all its own. We meet Andrew Leland as he's suspended in the strange liminal state of the soon-to-be blind: He's midway through his life with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that ushers those who live with it from complete sightedness to complete blindness over a period of years, even decades. He grew up with full vision, but starting in his teenage years, his sight began to degrade from the outside in, such that he now sees the world as if through a narrow tube. Soon - but without knowing exactly when - he will likely have no vision left. Full of apprehension but also dogged curiosity, Leland embarks on a sweeping exploration of the state of being that awaits him: not only the physical experience of blindness but also its language, internal debates, politics, and customs. He also negotiates his changing relationships with his wife and son, and with his own sense of self, as he moves from sighted to semi-sighted to blind, from his mainstream, "typical" life to one with a disability. Part memoir, part historical and cultural investigation, this book represents Leland's determination not to merely survive this transition, but to grow from it - to seek out and revel in that which makes blindness enlightening. His story reveals essential lessons for all of us, from accepting uncertainty and embracing change to connecting with others across difference. Thought-provoking and brimming with warmth and humor, this book is at once a deeply personal journey and an intellectually exhilarating tour of a way of being that most of us have never paused to consider - and from which we have much to learn. --
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| 個人件名 |
Leland, Andrew.
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| 一般件名 |
Blind -- United States -- Biography.
People with visual disabilities -- United States -- Biography. |
| 地名件名 |
United States
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| 資料情報1 |
『The country of the blind :
a memoir at the end of sight /』 Andrew Leland. Penguin Press, 2023,
（所蔵館：中央
請求記号：F/369.27/L53/C
資料コード：7117981036）
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| URL |
https://catalog.library.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/winj/opac/switch-detail.do?lang=ja&bibid=1352065196 |
