White Form, Aboriginal Content: Philip McLaren’s Scream Black Murder
The pun in the title of Philip McLaren’s Scream Black Murder could indicate that this is a conventional crime novel in which the victims are black or that his intentions are militant; or both. In this novel McLaren uses a sub-genre of crime fiction as a vehicle for his activist Aboriginal message –...
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2024
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| Online dostop: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Izvleček: | The pun in the title of Philip McLaren’s Scream Black Murder could indicate that this is a conventional crime novel in which the victims are black or that his intentions are militant; or both. In this novel McLaren uses a sub-genre of crime fiction as a vehicle for his activist Aboriginal message – the popular and sensational police procedure that centres around the crimes of a serial killer. This article studies the way in which he exploits the conventions of this sub-genre of Western literature to reinforce the impact of his post-colonial message. |
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