Black Skin, White Masks
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Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8
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All Themes Colonialism, Diaspora, and Alienation Material vs. Psychological Oppression Knowledge vs. Ignorance Self-Image and Self-Hatred Desire, Aspiration, and Competition
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All Characters Frantz Fanon Aimé Césaire Mayotte Capécia (Lucette Ceranus) Sigmund Freud Karl Marx Octave Mannoni Jean-Paul Sartre George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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All Terms Antilles/Antillean Narcissism Pidgin Agrégation Id, Ego, Superego Neurosis Alienation Négritude Catharsis Oedipus Complex
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Black Skin, White Masks

by Frantz Fanon
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Summary & Analysis
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8
Themes
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  • Colonialism, Diaspora, and Alienation Theme Icon
    Colonialism, Diaspora, and Alienation
  • Material vs. Psychological Oppression Theme Icon
    Material vs. Psychological Oppression
  • Knowledge vs. Ignorance Theme Icon
    Knowledge vs. Ignorance
  • Self-Image and Self-Hatred Theme Icon
    Self-Image and Self-Hatred
  • Desire, Aspiration, and Competition Theme Icon
    Desire, Aspiration, and Competition
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Characters
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  • Frantz Fanon
  • Aimé Césaire
  • Mayotte Capécia (Lucette Ceranus)
  • Sigmund Freud
  • Karl Marx
  • Octave Mannoni
  • Jean-Paul Sartre
  • George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Terms
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  • Antilles/Antillean
  • Narcissism
  • Pidgin
  • Agrégation
  • Id, Ego, Superego
  • Neurosis
  • Alienation
  • Négritude
  • Catharsis
  • Oedipus Complex
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  • Masks Symbol Icon
    Masks
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The title of Fanon’s book, Black Skin, White Masks, refers to the ways in which black Antilleans strive to be seen as white—by emulating the tastes and behaviors of white people, having white romantic…

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