Frantz Fanon

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Frantz FanonAuthor(s): Pramod K. Nayar\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415602976, 978-0415602976\nSynopsis\nFrantz Fanon has established a position as a leading anticolonial thinker, through key texts such as Black Skin, White Masks and The Wretched of the Earth. He has influenced the work of thinkers from Edward Said and Homi Bhabha to Paul Gilroy, but his complex work is often misinterpreted as an apology for violence.\n\nThis clear, student-friendly guidebook considers Fanons key texts and theories, looking at: \n\nPostcolonial theorys appropriation of psychoanalysis\n\nAnxieties around cultural nationalisms and the rise of native consciousness\n\nPostcolonialitys relationship with violence and separatism\n\nNew humanism and ideas of community. \n\nIntroducing the work of this controversial theorist, Pramod K. Nayar also offers alternative readings, charting Fanons influence on postcolonial studies, literary.