Brown Skin, White Masks (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780745328737)

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.

Author: Hamid Dabashi
ISBN-10: 0745328733
ISBN-13: 9780745328737
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Language: English
Published: 01/18/2011
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.30w x 0.60d