ABSTRACT

Psychology has had a number of things to say about black and coloured people, none of them favourable, and most of which have reinforced stereotyped and derogatory images. Beyond the Masks is a readable account of black psychology, exploring key theoretical issues in race and gender. In it, Amina Mama examines the history of racist psychology, and of the implicit racism throughout the discipline. Beyond the Masks also offers an important theoretical perspective, and will appeal to all those involved with ethnic minorities, gender politics and questions of identity.

chapter 1|16 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|26 pages

Enslaving the soul of the Other

chapter 3|22 pages

Inventing black identity

chapter 4|24 pages

Researching subjectivity

chapter 5|22 pages

Locating the individual in history

chapter 6|12 pages

Black British subjects

chapter 7|22 pages

Psychodynamics of racialised subjectivity

chapter 8|14 pages

Black femininity

chapter 9|8 pages

Charting post-colonial subjectivities