Frantz Fanon : critical perspectives / edited by Anthony C. Alessandrini.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alessandrini, Anthony C. (Anthony Charles), 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fanon, Frantz, 1925-1961.

Fanon, Frantz.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

xii, 292 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Summary:

Frantz Fanon: Critical Perspectives is a major re-assessment of the work of Frantz Fanon, a fearless critic of colonialism and a key figure in Algeria's struggle for independence. Since Fanon's untimely death in 1961, Fanon's intellectual reputation has grown on the strength of books such as Black Skin, White Masks and The Wretched of the Earth with their incisive insights into issues of race and colonialism.

The contributors to this important volume address Fanon's extraordinary, often controversial writings, and examine the ways in which his work can shed light on contemporary issues in cultural politics. The articles are grouped into three sections: 'Re-Reading Fanon's Legacy' examines Fanon's commitment to the Algerian revolution and addresses debates over his gender and sexual politics. 'Fanon and/as Cultural Studies' questions how Fanon's work might both contribute to and remake contemporary cultural studies. Finally, in 'Fanon and the Future of Cultural Politics', contributors turn to the question of how Fanon's legacy could influence future political and intellectual thought, and what future cultural work that builds on Fanon's insights might look like.

Embracing feminist theory, cultural studies, and postcolonialism, Frantz Fanon: Critical Perspectives represents the very real and sometimes contentious disagreements that mark the field of Fanon studies, and thus provides an essential resource for anyone interested in Fanon's work and its enduring legacy.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Fanon studies, cultural studies, cultural politics / Anthony C. Alessandrini 1

Part I Re-reading Fanon's legacy 19

2 In the name of Algeria: Frantz Fanon and the Algerian Revolution / Michael Azar 21

3 The politics of admittance: female sexual agency, miscegenation, and the formation of community in Frantz Fanon / Rey Chow 34

4 Fanon and Capecia / T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting 57

5 Saint Fanon and "homosexual territory" / Terry Goldie 75

Part II Fanon and/as cultural studies 87

6 Breaking up Fanon's voice / John Mowitt 89

7 Fanon and the pitfalls of cultural studies / Nigel Gibson 99

8 Fanon: An intervention into cultural studies / E. San Juan, Jr. 126

9 Fanon, trauma and cinema / E. Ann Kaplan 146

Part III Finding something different: Fanon and the future of cultural politics 159

10 Disavowing decolonization: Fanon, nationalism, and the question of representation in postcolonial theory / Neil Lazarus 161

11 Busy in the ruins of a wretched phantasia / Kobena Mercer 195

12 Politics and pathologies: on the subject of race in psychoanalysis / Gwen Bergner 219

13 Terrorists and vampires: Fanon's spectral violence of decolonization / Samira Kawash 235

14 "I am not the slave of slavery": the politics of reparation in (French) postslavery communities / Francoise Verges 258.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-286) and index.

ISBN:

0415189756

0415189764

OCLC:

39545589