| Brown Skin, White Masks Contributor(s): Dabashi, Hamid (Author) |
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ISBN: 0745328733 ISBN-13: 9780745328737 Publisher: Pluto Press (UK) OUR PRICE: $31.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Colonialism & Post-colonialism - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Nationalism & Patriotism |
| Dewey: 305.8 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.3" W x 8.5" (0.48 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a a critical examination of the role that immigrant intellectuals play in facilitating the global domination of American imperialism. In his pioneering book about the relationship between race and colonialism, Black Skin, White Masks, Frantz Fanon explored the traumatic consequences of the sense of inferiority that colonised people felt. Brown Skin, White Masks picks up where Fanon left off, and extends Fanon's insights as they apply to today's world. Dabashi shows how intellectuals who migrate to the West are often used by the imperial powers to misrepresent their home countries. Just as many Iraqi exiles were used to justify the invasion of Iraq, Dabashi demonstrates that this is a common phenomenon, and examines why and how so many immigrant intellectuals help to sustain imperialism. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dabashi, Hamid: - Hamid Dabashi is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. |