Postcolonial Whiteness and the Othering of Self: Race, Xenophobia, and Identity Disruption in Mohsin Hamid’s The Last White Man (2022)

Clicks: 1
ID: 312236
2025
Free PDF
Article Quality & Performance Metrics
Overall Quality
Not rated
Combines reader engagement with the AI quality analysis. This article has not been analysed, so there is no overall score — reader engagement is measured and shown alongside.
AI Quality Assessment
Not analyzed
Readership in this journal

Ranked #272 of 395 articles by views in Social Sciences & Humanity Research Review

Most read Least read

Bar heights use a square-root scale. Only the 120 most-read articles are drawn; the journal has 395 in total.

Mint this article as an NFT
Not yet minted

Create a permanent, verifiable on-chain record of this article on the Scimatic Network. The NFT is held in your Journament account, and you can withdraw it to your own wallet at any time.

5 SUSD one-off · no wallet required
Sign in to mint
Abstract
This paper examines Mohsin Hamid’s The Last White Man (2022) through the lens of postcolonial theory, focusing on Frantz Fanon's insights into race, identity, and decolonization. It investigates how whiteness is deconstructed, how xenophobia manifests in the wake of identity disruption, and how the self becomes the "Other" when racial hierarchies collapse. Drawing from Fanon's Black Skin, White Masks (1952) and The Wretched of the Earth (1961), the paper argues that Hamid's novel serves as a powerful allegory for the fragility of racial constructs and the psychological trauma caused by the dissolution of racial privilege. By incorporating additional insights from Homi K. Bhabha, Achille Mbembe, Sara Ahmed, and others, the paper provides a nuanced understanding of identity, surveillance, and emotional politics in racially fluid societies.
Reference Key
imported_1776686276_69e614c4b6b2a Use this key to autocite in the manuscript while using SciMatic Manuscript Manager or Thesis Manager
Authors Shahzadi Sumra
Journal Social Sciences & Humanity Research Review
Year 2025
DOI
DOI not found
URL
https://sshrr.online/index.php/4/article/view/236
Keywords Keywords not found

Citations

No citations found. To add a citation, contact the admin at info@scimatic.org

Comments

No comments yet. Be the first to comment on this article.