Black Skin, White Masks

by Fanon, Frantz; Philcox, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780802143006
• ISBN10: 0802143008
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-10
• Publisher: Ingram Publisher Services, Inc.

Summary

Few modern voices have had as profound an impact on the black identity and critical race theory as Frantz Fanon, and Black Skin, White Masks  represents some of his most important work. Fanon’s masterwork is now available in a new translation that updates its language for a new generation of readers.

A major influence on civil rights, anti-colonial, and black consciousness movements around the world, Black Skin, White Masks is the unsurpassed study of the black psyche in a white world. Hailed for its scientific analysis and poetic grace when it was first published in 1952, the book remains a vital force today from one of the most important theorists of revolutionary struggle, colonialism, and racial difference in history.

Author Biography

Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) was born in Martinique and studied medicine in France, specializing in psychiatry. Sent to a hospital in Algeria, he found his sympathies turning toward the Algerian Nationalist Movement, which he later joined. He is considered one of the most important theorists of the African struggle for independence and of the psychology of race.

Richard Philcox is the distinguished translator of many works by Caribbean writer Maryse Condé.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Introduction	p. xi
The Black Man and Language	p. 1
The Woman of Color and the White Man	p. 24
The Man of Color and the White Woman	p. 45
The So-Called Dependency Complex of the Colonized	p. 64
The Lived Experience of the Black Man	p. 89
The Black Man and Psychopathology	p. 120
The Black Man and Recognition	p. 185
The Black Man and Adler	p. 185
The Black Man and Hegel	p. 191
By Way of Conclusion	p. 198
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