1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786800603321

Autore

Fanon Joby <1923->

Titolo

Frantz Fanon, my brother : doctor, playwright, revolutionary / / Joby Fanon ; translated by Daniel Nethery

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7391-8049-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 p.)

Collana

Critical Africana Studies : African, African American, and Caribbean Interdisciplinary and Intersectional Studies

Disciplina

965/.046092

Soggetti

Revolutionaries - Algeria

Intellectuals - Algeria

Psychiatrists - Algeria

Algeria Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frantz Fanon, My Brother; Contents; Foreword; 1. Preface; 2. Our Family; 3. Our Youth in Fort-de-France; 4. Our Schooling during the War; 5. Dissidence; 6. The Soldier; 7. Frantz and His Family; 8. Return to Martinique after the War; 9. Studies in France; 10. The Death of Our Father; 11. A Vacation in Nantua; 12. The Playwright; 13. Black Skin, White Masks; 14. The General Practitioner; 15. Blida; 16. Gabrielle; 17. The First Congress of Black Writers; 18. The Second Congress; 19. Tunis; 20. A Telegram; 21. Death and Burial; 22. Fanon and Martinique; 23. Fanon and Humanism; Notes

BibliographyIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Frantz Fanon stands as one of the most uncompromising critics of racism and colonialism. Translated into English by Daniel Nethery, this biography by Fanon''s brother, Joby, is an intimate, passionate, and very human account of one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century.