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Things no longer there : a memoir of losing sight and finding vision

Title
Things no longer there : a memoir of losing sight and finding vision / Susan Krieger.
Author
Krieger, Susan.
Publication
Madison : University of Wisconsin Press/Terrace Books, ©2005.

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Description
x, 238 pages; 23 cm
Summary
A collection of personal stories about the author's struggle toward enlightenment while losing her eyesight. It is also, more broadly, about invisible landscapes--places of the heart that linger long after they have disappeared from the world outside.--From publisher description.
Subject
  • Krieger, Susan
  • Lesbians > California > Biography
  • Feminists > Biography
  • Lesbian couples > Family relationships
  • Aging
  • Vision disorders
  • Feminists
  • Lesbians
  • California
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-238).
Contents
pt. 1: Vanishing landscapes. Things no longer there ; The vision fire ; Saving a tree ; Half Moon Bay -- pt. 2: Inner visions. Lesbian invisibility ; I see her in my mind ; Lesbophobia -- pt. 3: Blindness and sight. Losing my vision ; Birdwatching before sunrise ; Blindspots -- pt. 4: An intimate memory. The lesbian-straight divide.
ISBN
  • 0299208648
  • 9780299208646
LCCN
  • 2004024546
  • 9780299208646
OCLC
  • ocm56913144
  • 56913144
  • SCSB-1361783
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library