ABSTRACT
Introduction See without Looking (Tuina, 2013) is a pioneering TV drama serial which focuses on the lives of people with disabilities and explores their vulnerability within Chinese society. This chapter highlights the plight of a group of blind masseurs, and it studies how they have been presented by the mainstream rhetoric as “useful” and “respectful” citizens, due to their strong work ethic and their positive attitude, which enable them to be self-supporting in the competitive and pragmatic contemporary Chinese society. By analyzing the characters and plots of See without Looking, this chapter explains how the traditional social mores, family values and romantic love, which are generally declining in today’s China, are maintained and practiced by this group of blind people. Moreover, this chapter investigates a distinguishing feature of the show as it foregrounds the sex lives of people with a disability and employs body politics in an attempt to garner more attention to the needs and rights of this disadvantaged social group.
