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Debunks stereotypes about blindness, in which readers, receivers and spectators from antiquity to the present have been implicated because their persistence relies on audiences to perpetuate them. Argues for a new way of seeing and of understanding classical reception - using assemblage-thinking and with a focus on the theatre.

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Introduction: Looking and Looking Back; 1. Towards Visual Activism; 2. Blindness and / as Punishment; 3. Blindness as Metaphorical Death; 4. Blindness as Second Sight; Interlude: Colonial Visions; 5. Blindness and Spectatorship; Conclusion: Assembling the Future.

Blindness and Spectatorship in Ancient and Modern

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 12/14/2023 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781009372770, 978-1009372770
      ISBN10: 1009372777
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      Book Synopsis
      Debunks stereotypes about blindness, in which readers, receivers and spectators from antiquity to the present have been implicated because their persistence relies on audiences to perpetuate them. Argues for a new way of seeing and of understanding classical reception - using assemblage-thinking and with a focus on the theatre.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: Looking and Looking Back; 1. Towards Visual Activism; 2. Blindness and / as Punishment; 3. Blindness as Metaphorical Death; 4. Blindness as Second Sight; Interlude: Colonial Visions; 5. Blindness and Spectatorship; Conclusion: Assembling the Future.

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