fanon
- noun
- /ˈfænən/
- Jargon
- We read sections of Fanon's Wretched of the Earth, the pages on Colonial Disorders.
Examples
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The author's original novel inspired a lot of fanon among readers, leading to numerous alternate endings.
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Mainly due to the absolutely gratuitous amounts of fanon you've come up with.
Blog text (8) -
Now they were researching a book on David's journeys while he was writing about Frantz Fanon in the 1960s.
Fiction book (1993) -
The point is, Fanon is the keeper of the mythical in the classic sense that Georges Sorel defines it:
Academic text (1994) -
Frantz Fanon has been called everything from the apostle of violence to the messiah for colonized cultures worldwide.
Academic text (1994) -
Fanon puts it more poetically: "Without a Negro past, without a Negro future, I could not live my Negrohood."
Academic text (1994) -
Fanon masterfully proved, in psychological and ethical terms impossible to refute, that imperialist cultures put all of humankind at risk.
Academic text (1994) -
Psychologist Hussein Bulhan lauds Fanon for daring to portray colonial violence through the eyes of overrun cultures and the Third World.
Academic text (1994) -
Many fans create their own fanon that becomes popular in the community, even if it's not part of the official story.
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Throughout the years, the fanon surrounding this character has enriched the overall narrative experience for fans.
How Accepted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fanon is a modern blend of fan and canon, meaning ideas made by fans that are not part of the official story. So fanon refers to fan-made beliefs or stories that many people in a fan group accept as if they were the real 'canon'.