The Myth of Emmetropia: Perception in Rhetorical Studies Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title The Myth of Emmetropia: Perception in Rhetorical Studies

Creator

  • Author: Kaszynski, Elizabeth
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Lain, Brian A.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Wanzer, Darrel Allen
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Treat, Shaun R.
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas
    Additional Info: www.unt.edu

Date

  • Creation: 2012-08

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: 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.

Subject

  • Keyword: Visual rhetoric
  • Keyword: perception
  • Keyword: vision
  • Keyword: blindness
  • Keyword: photography
  • Keyword: LASIK

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights Holder: Kaszynski, Elizabeth
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc149616

Degree

  • Academic Department: Department of Communication Studies
  • Degree Discipline: Communication Studies
  • Degree Level: Master's
  • Degree Name: Master of Science
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas
  • Degree Publication Type: thesi

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