IVIV some reader response/cultural context for Doc: Philip Marlowe

[Robin Landseadel]

On Aug 20, 2009, at 8:46 AM, Doug Millison wrote:

> Crime Fiction By John Scaggs  re  Chandler's use of racial  
> stereotypes, "reflex racism", "reeks of prejudice", "Marlowe's  
> racist fear of America being overrun by this population", compare  
> with Easy Rawlins, "depiction of womenn as threatening 'other' "
> http://books.google.com/books, search Philip Marlowe+racism

Easy Rawlins is a great alternative perspective on racism in L.A.  
during Marlowe's era—the latter half of Marlowe's era, mind you. Good  
Noir too.