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S U M M A R Y
Narrating Blindness and Seeing Ocularcentrism in Þorsteins saga hvíta
Keywords: sagas, disability, blindness, narrative
This article explores Þorsteins saga hvíta using a disability studies approach. It
considers how the saga’s depiction of the eponymous Þorsteinn might reflect how
vision loss or blindness was perceived and may have affected the everyday life of
medieval Icelanders. Greater focus, however, is placed upon how the saga makes
use of Þorsteinn’s vision loss and subsequent blindness to confront the hegemony
of vision in connection with both knowledge and narrative.
Á G R I P
Að segja frá blindu og sjá augnmiðjun í Þorsteins sögu hvíta
Lykilorð: sögur, fötlun, sjónleysi, frásögn
í greininni er fjallað um Þorsteins sögu hvíta frá sjónarhorni fötlunarfræði. Þar er
fjallað um hvernig lýsing sögunnar á Þorsteini gæti endurspeglað hvernig sjóndepra
NARRATING BLINDNESS