Frantz Fanon : conflicts and feminisms / T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sharpley-Whiting, T. Denean.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fanon, Frantz, 1925-1961.

Fanon, Frantz.

Women.

Feminism.

Race relations.

Feminist criticism.

Physical Description:

xiv, 122 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [1998]

Summary:

Frantz Fanon: Conflicts and Feminisms represents a bold examination of previous feminist criticisms of Fanon and argues that Fanon's writings on women and resistance provide the formative kernels of a liberating praxis for women existing under colonial and neocolonial oppression. Fanon's analyses of the Negro and Language, his critique of the novelist Mayotte Capecia, and his views on the condition of Algerian women figure prominently in this study. Sharpley-Whiting skillfully brings together approaches from a broad range of academic fields, including critical race theory, literary and cultural criticism, and psychoanalysis as she assesses the relevance of Fanon's theories of oppression to a feminist politics of resistance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-114) and index.

ISBN:

0847686388

0847686396

OCLC:

36865709