Few modern voices have had as profound an impact on the black identity and critical race theory as Frantz Fanon, and Black Skin, White Masks represents some of his most important work. Fanon’s masterwork is now available in a new translation that updates its language for a new generation of readers.

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 it was first published in 1952, the book remains a vital force today from one of the most important theorists of revolutionary struggle, colonialism, and racial difference in history.

About the Author

Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) was born in Martinique and studied medicine in France, specializing in psychiatry. Sent to a hospital in Algeria, he found his sympathies turning toward the Algerian Nationalist Movement, which he later joined. He is considered one of the most important theorists of the African struggle for independence and of the psychology of race.

Richard Philcox is the distinguished translator of many works by Caribbean writer Maryse Condé.

很少有现代人像弗朗茨-法农那样对黑人身份和种族批判理论产生深刻的影响，《黑皮肤，白面具》代表了他最重要的一些作品。法农的杰作现在有了新的译本，为新一代的读者更新了语言。

黑皮肤，白面具》对世界各地的民权、反殖民主义和黑人意识运动产生了重大影响，是对白人世界中黑人心理的无与伦比的研究。该书在1952年首次出版时就因其科学分析和诗意的优雅而受到欢迎，今天它仍然是革命斗争、殖民主义和历史上种族差异方面最重要的理论家之一的重要力量。

关于作者

弗朗茨-法农（1925-1961）出生在马提尼克岛，在法国学习医学，专攻精神病学。他被派往阿尔及利亚的一家医院，发现自己的同情心转向了阿尔及利亚民族主义运动，后来他加入了该运动。他被认为是非洲独立斗争和种族心理学的最重要理论家之一。

理查德-菲尔克斯是加勒比海作家玛丽斯-康德许多作品的杰出译者。