Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon

Black Skin, White Masks

Frantz Fanon with Charles Lam Markmann

240 pages first pub 1952 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy politics race challenging reflective slow-paced

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A major influence on civil rights, anti-colonial, and black consciousness movements around the world, Black Skin, White Masks is the unsurpassed study of the black psyche in a white world. Hailed for its scientific analysis and poetic grace when i...

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Moods

challenging 80%
reflective 78%
informative 75%
dark 20%
emotional 17%
inspiring 16%
tense 8%
hopeful 5%
sad 5%
adventurous 1%
mysterious 1%

Pace

slow 49%
medium 45%
fast 5%

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4.1

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