| Title: | Domestic Space |
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| Course Section Number: | ENG-497-01 |
| Department: | English |
| Description: | FACE TO FACE COURSE ENG497-01 This course examines James Baldwin's depictions of domestic space over the last seventeen years of his life in St. Paul de Vence, France. Works such as If Beale Street Could Talk, No Name in the Street, and his unpublished play The Welcome Table reveal an artist ahead of his time who was heavily influenced by African American women writers such as Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, and Paule Marshall. Parallel concerns-depiction of African American women, a valuing of domestic space, and reactions against heteronormative male-centered politics in the Black Arts and Black Power movements-permeate Baldwin's work. We will also examine how Baldwin's physical home, a Provençale farm house and outbuildings which were recently razed by developers, affected his depictions of domestic space. To do this, we will rely on the digital museum Chez Baldwin, curated by the Smithsonian, interviews with writers and locals, and the French nonprofitLa Maison Baldwin which is dedicated to preserving the legacy of James Baldwin in southern France. |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | August 12, 2020 |
| End Date: | November 24, 2020 |
| Meeting Information: |
08/13/2020-11/24/2020 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 09:45AM - 11:00AM, Detchon, Room 112
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| Faculty: | Freeze, Eric |
Course Status & Cross-Listings
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| Cross-list Group Student Count: | 13 |
| Calculated Course Status: | CLOSED |
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