Black Women in Fanon's Black Skin, White Masks

The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Oppression

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  • Emma Ming Wahl

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https://doi.org/10.33043/S.14.1.41-51

Abstract

In this paper, I focus on the representations of Black women in contrast to Black men found within Frantz Fanon’s philosophical work Black Skin, White Masks. I propose that while Fanon’s racial dialectical work is very significant, he often lacks acknowledgment of the multidimensionality of the Black woman’s lived experience specifically. Drawing on the theory of intersectionality, coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw, I argue that Fanon does not recognize the different layers of oppression operating in Black women’s lives to the degree that he fails to include them within his framework of both liberation and resistance from racial oppression.

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Published

2021-04-06

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Ming Wahl, E. (2021). Black Women in Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks: The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Oppression. Stance: An International Undergraduate Philosophy Journal, 14(1), 41–51. https://doi.org/10.33043/S.14.1.41-51

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