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| Author | Frantz Fanon |
|---|---|
| Original title | Peau noire, masques blancs |
| Translator | Charles L. Markmann (1967) Richard Philcox (2008) |
| Language | French |
| Series | Collections Esprit. La condition humaine |
| Subjects | Black race Racial discrimination Racism Nigrescence |
| Publisher | Éditions du Seuil (France) Grove Press (US) |
Publication date | 1952 |
| Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1967 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 222 |
Black Skin, White Masks (French: Peau noire, masques blancs) is a 1952 book by philosopher-psychiatrist Frantz Fanon. The book is written in the style of autoethnography, with Fanon sharing his own experiences while presenting a historical critique of the effects of racism and dehumanization, inherent in situations of colonial domination, on the human psyche.[1]
The violent overtones in Fanon can be broken down into two categories: The violence of the colonizer through annihilation of body, psyche, culture, along with the demarcation of space. And secondly the violence of the colonized as an attempt to retrieve dignity, sense of self, and history through anti-colonial struggle.[2]