Clinician and revolutionary: Frantz Fanon, biography, and the history of colonial medicine.
Although scholars have exhibited close interest in the life and work of Frantz Fanon, few have emphasized his work as a psychiatrist. This essay surveys recent books and films that have placed Fanon's clinical experience at the center of his life's work. It concludes that historians of colonial medicine have much to gain from these works and their reexaminations of a controversial figure.
Keller
Richard C
RC
Department of Medical History and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1300 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA. rckeller@wisc.edu
D000462:Algeria; D001680:Biographies as Topic; D018595:Colonialism / Q000266:history*; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000266:history*; D005602:France; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009040:Motion Pictures; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history*