This thesis sets up the problem of sight in a visual society, with the aim to answer how the visual makes itself known. The conversation starts on visuality, and where there are gaps in understanding. The first of two case studies examines the absence of sight, or blindness, both literal and figurative. Through a study of blind photographers and their work, this chapter examines the nature of perception, and how biological blindness may influence and inform our understanding of figurative blindness. The second case study examines what the improvement of damaged sight has to say about the rhetorical nature of images. This chapter examines various means of improving sight, using literal improvements to sight to understand figurative improvements in vision and perception. The fourth and final chapter seeks to sum up what has been discovered about the rhetorical nature of sight through the ends of the spectrum of sight.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc149616 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Kaszynski, Elizabeth |
| Contributors | Lain, Brian A., Wanzer, Darrel Allen, Treat, Shaun R. |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Public, Kaszynski, Elizabeth, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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