Alan Read: The Fact of Blackness: Frantz Fanon and Visual Representation

Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1996, softcover, 212 pages, 21.5 x 15 cm

Creating a far-reaching and original dialogue between cultural theory and visual practice, the rich insights which emerge from this publication explain why Frantz Fanon's seminal texts of the 50s and 60s - Black Skin, White Masks and The Wretched of the Earth - have re-emerged at the forefront of postcolonial studies. This collection of texts and dialogues work with Fanon’s ideas in understanding how narrative, the media, image, and symbol lie at the very heart of the practice of politics and social knowledge.

Contributors:
Martina Attille, Homi K. Bhabha, Renée Green, Stuart Hall, Lyle Ashton Harris, bell hooks, Isaac Julien, Marc Latamie, Steve McQueen, Kobena Mercer, Mark Nash, Raoul Peck, Alan Read, Ntozake Shange, Gilane Tawadros, Françoise Vergès, Lola Young

Originating from the symposium held during the season Mirage: Enigmas of Race, Difference and Desire (ICA, London, 1995)