This document provides an overview of postcolonialism and analyzes Frantz Fanon's book "Black Skin, White Masks" through a postcolonial lens. It defines colonialism as the extension of a nation's rule over foreign territories and populations. Postcolonialism refers to the period after colonial rule ends. Key postcolonial themes discussed include power, identity, race, and nationalism. The document then summarizes Fanon's book, noting it presents many problems faced by Black people under white racism, such as inferiority complexes, identity issues, and the desire to marry white partners. It analyzes how the book explores psychological dimensions of race and "color hegemony."

1. Name : Pooja Byhaliya K.
Paper No. 11(Post Colonial
Literature)
Enrolment no. PG15101002
Maharaja krishnakumarsinhji
Bhavnagar University

2. Index
 What is Post colonialism?
 Meaning of Postcolonialism
 The title – “ Black skin white mask”
 Post colonialism in the Black skin white Mask

3. What puts the “post” in
Postcolonialism?
• Considering “post” is a prefix meaning
after, we need to first discuss the history
behind colonialism.
What is colonialism?
An extension of a nations rule over
territory beyond its borders
a population that is subjected to the
political domination of another population.

4. Themes that link to Postcolonial
Theory
PostcolonialTheory
Power
Subjectivity
Identity
Race
Nations and nationality
Leadership
Control

5. Frantz Fanon

6. Novel-“Black skin white mask”
 Consider as the post colonial work.
 This book is worth reading since Fanon’s
understanding of white French racism in early
1950 and it can also helps to understand white
American racism in the 2010s.
 Presented many problems of the Black man
and white men.

8. Superiority
and
inferiority
Race and
states of
mind.
Psychological
dimension of
race.
Colour
hegemony
over the
other.
Post colonialism in the Black skin White Mask.

9. Major problems like:
 Inferiority complex.
- inferior to the white people.
 The Identity problems.-The Name sake
 Strong Desire.
- to marry with white women or men.
 Consider as ‘other
 Etc..

10. Example of the Identity Problem:
D L
I I
A T
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P R
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A U
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11. Movie
Examples:

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