Fanon
Subtitle: The Postcolonial Imagination (Key Contemporary Thinkers)
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: June 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780745622613
Subjects: Biography: general; Cultural studies; Social & political philosophy; Sociology, Social Studies; Social Science; Political and social views; Fanon, Frantz,; Politics / Current Events; Semiotics & Theory; Literary Criticism; Racism; History & Theory - General; BLACKS_RACE IDENTITY; FANON, FRANTZ, 1925-1961; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Discrimination & Racism; 1925-1961; Blacks; Race identity
First sentence: When Frantz Fanon arrived in France in 1947 the nation was in flux; shaken by the war, it now faced radical movements for change, including a new "Third World" struggling for independence, as well as the solidifying of the Cold War into spheres of influence.