{"id":615,"date":"2019-10-10T18:48:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T17:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/?p=615"},"modified":"2020-01-08T16:49:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T16:49:49","slug":"baldwin-equal-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/2019\/10\/10\/baldwin-equal-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Page Breaks: James Baldwin, Equal in Paris (Wed 16 Oct)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James Baldwin&#8217;s essay recounts his brief imprisonment in late 1940s Paris, exploring institutional systems, race, and being American in Europe.<\/p>\r\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\r\n<table style=\"border: solid 1px #fff\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"border: solid 1px #fff\" width=\"300px\">\r\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-617 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/10\/Baldwin-Native-Son.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"282\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"border: solid 1px #fff\">\r\n<blockquote>&#8220;The very word &#8216;institutions,&#8217; from my side of the ocean, where, it seemed to me, we suffered so cruelly from the lack of them, had a pleasant ring, as of safety and order and common sense; one had to come into contact with these institutions in order to understand that they were also outmoded, exasperating, completely impersonal, and very often cruel.&#8221; &#8211; James Baldwin, \u2018Equal in Paris\u2019<\/blockquote>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":5} \/-->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:quote \/-->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":5} -->\r\n<p><strong>Text: <\/strong>James Baldwin, &#8216;Equal in Paris&#8217; (1955) (<a href=\"https:\/\/canvas.bham.ac.uk\/files\/8113408\/download?download_frd=1\">PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Time and Place:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 400\">13:00-14:00<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 400\">Wed 16 Oct 2019 <\/span><\/li>\r\n<li>Arts 439 (Shackleton Room, 4th floor of the Arts building)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Please contact <a href=\"mailto:d.butchard@bham.ac.uk\">d.butchard@bham.ac.uk<\/a> if you have any difficulty accessing the readings. 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