Black Skin, White Masks
Grove/Atlantic · Print & ebook · September 20, 2008
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- Genres
- Global Black Studies, Race & Discrimination, Colonialism & Its Aftermath
- Published
- Grove/Atlantic, September 20, 2008
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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.
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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.
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Where it sits
| Colonialism & Its Aftermath | 59% |
|---|---|
| Race & Discrimination | 35% |
| Global Black Studies | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- U.S. History
- Civil Rights
- African Studies
- Authors
- Frantz Fanon, Richard Philcox
- Publisher
- Grove/Atlantic
- Published
- September 20, 2008
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- U.S. History