Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon

6 reviews

insectcondo's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Colonisation

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Medical content, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Genocide, Homophobia, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Cannibalism, and War

kayak's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Ableism and Homophobia

mayze's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

iarlais's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

This book walks the line between an academic study of colonialism's effects on the mind and a personal account of those same effects. The personal touch of Fanon to the subject matter enhances it all the more, as if it were not already strengthened by his academic approach. I did feel the book relied perhaps too heavily on external sources, particularly Sartre, which affected its ability to stand on its own, and some aspects felt rather unnecessary to communicate Fanon's analysis. Nevertheless, this 1952 work is an excellent and thorough analysis of the mental brutality of colonialism. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, and Suicide

milliminal's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

3.25

Some remarkable ideas hidden behind some questionable phrasing. The ideas age well, the sentences do not. Still, I understand why this is seen as a classic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Colonisation

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Minor: Incest and Suicide

peachmoni's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Pedophilia and Religious bigotry