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Frantz Fanon and the future of cultural politics : finding something different / Anthony C. Alessandrini.
Van Pelt Library JC273.F36 A74 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alessandrini, Anthony C. (Anthony Charles), 1969- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fanon, Frantz, 1925-1961--Political and cultural views.
- Fanon, Frantz, 1925-1961.
- Politics and culture.
- Humanism.
- Postcolonialism.
- Physical Description:
- x, 293 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014]
- Summary:
- Frantz Fanon and the Future of Cultural Politics focuses on a reading of Frantz Fanon's work and life, asking how the work of a revolutionary writer such as Fanon might be best appropriated for contemporary political and cultural issues. This book argues that a reevaluation of Fanon's life and work can provide us with a particular set of lessons about solidarity-lessons crucial for the contemporary political struggles that face us today and will continue to confront us in the future. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Fanon now
- Reading fanon anti-piously : on the need to appropriate
- The struggle within humanism : Fanon and Said
- The humanism effect : Fanon, Foucault, and ethics without subjects
- The futures of postcolonial criticism : Fanon and Kincaid
- "Enough of this scandal" : reading Gilroy through Fanon, or who comes after "race"?
- "Any decolonization is a success" : Fanon and the African spring
- Conclusion : singularity and solidarity : Fanonian futures.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780739172285
- 073917228X
- OCLC:
- 875644605
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