Human Conditions: ‘Black Skin, White Masks’ by Frantz Fanon
<p>Begun as a psychiatric dissertation, Frantz Fanon’s<em>&nbsp;Black Skin, White Masks</em>&nbsp;(1952) became a genre-shattering study of antiblack racism and its effect on the psyche. At turns expressionistic, confessional, clinical, sharply satirical and politically charged, the book is dazzlingly multivocal, sometimes self-contradictory but always compelling. Judith Butler and Adam Shatz, whose biography of Fanon was released in January, chart a course through some of the most explosive and elusive chapters of the book, and show why Fanon&nbsp;is&nbsp;still essential reading.</p><br><p>Non-subscriber will only hear an extract from this episode. To listen in full, and to all our other Close Readings series, sign up:</p><p>Directly in Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://lrb.me/hcapplesignup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.co/3pJoFPq</a></p><p>In other podcast apps: <a href="https://lrb.me/conditionssignup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lrb.me/closereadings</a></p><br><p>Read more in the <em>LRB</em>:</p><br><p>Adam Shatz: <a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v39/n02/adam-shatz/where-life-is-seized" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v39/n02/adam-shatz/where-life-is-seized</a></p><br><p>Megan Vaughan: <a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v23/n20/megan-vaughan/i-am-my-own-foundation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v23/n20/megan-vaughan/i-am-my-own-foundation</a></p><br><p>T.J. Clark: <a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n18/t.j.-clark/knife-at-the-throat" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n18/t.j.-clark/knife-at-the-throat</a></p><br><p>Judith Butler is Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School at the University of California, Berkeley, and Adam Shatz is the the <em>LRB</em>'s US editor and author of, most recently, <em>The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon</em>.</p><br><p>Get in touch: [email protected]</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Show Notes
Begun as a psychiatric dissertation, Frantz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks (1952) became a genre-shattering study of antiblack racism and its effect on the psyche. At turns expressionistic, confessional, clinical, sharply satirical and politically charged, the book is dazzlingly multivocal, sometimes self-contradictory but always compelling. Judith Butler and Adam Shatz, whose biography of Fanon was released in January, chart a course through some of the most explosive and elusive chapters of the book, and show why Fanon is still essential reading.
Non-subscriber will only hear an extract from this episode. To listen in full, and to all our other Close Readings series, sign up:
Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pJoFPq
In other podcast apps: lrb.me/closereadings
Read more in the LRB:
Adam Shatz: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v39/n02/adam-shatz/where-life-is-seized
Megan Vaughan: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v23/n20/megan-vaughan/i-am-my-own-foundation
T.J. Clark: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n18/t.j.-clark/knife-at-the-throat
Judith Butler is Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School at the University of California, Berkeley, and Adam Shatz is the the LRB's US editor and author of, most recently, The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon.
Get in touch: [email protected]
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.