Race, Body and Existence: a post-colonial reading in Fanon

Abstract

In this article we describe Fanon's analysis in the classical Black skin, white masks about the psycho-existential position of black people, their relationship with their body, subjectivity, be Other one and the world in the regarding to of culture, society and sciences. We present a postcolonial perspective about how the existence of black people is reflected here, based on Fanon's critique about concepts established by the West in Modernity, such as the representation of the mystified black person and the epistemological basis that reinforce stereotypes intended for this individual. Through an analysis of the power of the colonial system, we demonstrate how fanonian theory contributes to the post-colonial current.