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History.
Sociology.
True Crime.
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HTML:"THIS WEEK'S HOTTEST NEW RELEASES: Murder befouls the outback... [A] gripping work of true crime." â??USA TODAY Return to Uluru explores a cold case that strikes at the heart of white supremacyâ??the death of an Aboriginal man in 1934; the iconic life of a white, "outback" police officer; and the continent's most sacred and mysterious landmark. Inside Cardboard Box 39 at the South Australian Museumâ??s storage facility lies the forgotten skull of an Aboriginal man who died eighty-five years before. His misspelled name is etched on the crown, but the many bones in boxes around him remain unidentified. Who was Yokununna, and how did he die? His story reveals the layered, exploitative white Australian mindset that has long rendered Aboriginal reality all but invisible. When policeman Bill McKinnonâ??s Aboriginal prisoners escape in 1934, heâ??s determined to get them back. Tracking them across the so called "dead heart" of the country, he finds the men at Uluru, a sacred rock formation. What exactly happened there remained a mystery, even after a Commonwealth inquiry. But Mark McKennaâ??s research uncovers new evidence, getting closer to the truth, revealing glimpses of indigenous life, and demonstrating the importance of this case today. Using McKinnonâ??s private journal entries, McKenna paints a picture of the police officer's life to better understand how white Australians treat the center of the country and its inhabitants. Return to Uluru dives deeply into one cold case. But it also provides a searing indictment of the historical white supremacy still present in Australiaâ??and has fascinating, illuminating parallels to the growing racial justice movemen No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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McKenna details his discovery of evidence that fairly conclusively proves McKinnon's guilt, explores the history of Uluru and shifting Australian attitudes towards it over the last several decades, and the ethics of what it means to write history. An engrossing and thoughtful read. ( )