Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. An Ethnography of Blindness (and Sight): The Method of Sensory Knowledge
Introduction to Section I
3. Socialization toward Visual Norms
4. Practices of Appearance Management
5. Dating and Intimate Relations
Conclusion to Section I
Introduction to Section II
6. Blind Women's Negotiation of Staring and the Gaze
7. Visual Dynamics at the Dark Museum Exhibit
Conclusion to Section II
Introduction to Section III
8. Blind Women's Sensory Capital
9. Intersensory Experiences and "Dialogical Performances" of Blindness and Sight
Conclusion to Section III
10. Conclusion: Blindness as a Critical Consciousness
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index