Landscapes of blindness and visual impairment : sight, touch and laughter in the English countryside

Through ethnographic research acting as a sighted guide for members of specialist walking groups who visit areas of the Lake District and Peak District, in this thesis I illustrate how people with blindness experience and talk about their landscape encounters. Building on work on landscape and the b...

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Main Author: MacPherson, Hannah Mary
Published: University of Newcastle Upon Tyne 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.438347