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.
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Picking up where Fanon left off, examining the negative influence of intellectual immigrants as facilitators of American imperialism.
Introduction
1. Brown Skin, White Masks
2. On Comprador Intellectuals
3. Literature and Empire
4. The House Muslim
Conclusion: Confusing the Colour Line
Notes
Index
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780745328737
Publisert
2011-01-06
Utgiver
Vendor
Pluto Press
Vekt
232 gr
Høyde
215 mm
Bredde
135 mm
Aldersnivå
Crossover, P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
176
Forfatter