Love and Suspense in Paris Noir : Navigating the Seamy World of Jake Lamar's Rendezvous EighteenthMain MenuMeet Jake LamarMeet Jake Lamar, his Paris, and his novel Rendezvous Eighteenth.Your GuideThe guide or the narrator in Rendezvous Eighteenth.Left and Right BanksHow Rendezvous Eighteenth departs from African-American expatriate tradition in Paris.Routes in the EighteenthExplore some places in Rendezvous Eighteenth that aren't well known in expatriate fiction.Routes of Love and Paris NoirConclusion of Dr. Thompson's analysis of Rendezvous Eighteenth.MerciAcknowledgments to everyone that contributed to this interactive literary analysis.About this BookCitation and Copyright InformationTyechia Thompson51961cf661a6fd012f289d19ce56a839e787d137Published by Publishing Without Walls, Urbana, Ill., part of the Illinois Open Publishing Network.
Ta-Nehisi Coates in Conversation with Jake Lamar
12018-12-07T15:01:42+00:00Tyechia Thompson51961cf661a6fd012f289d19ce56a839e787d137133Author Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks with author Jake Lamarplain2019-07-01T13:35:18+00:00Columbia Global Centers | ParisDaniel G. Tracye4d2055c1ec04bf92575642aae6698bc52f8f12a
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1media/18th .jpgmedia/Mairie Eighteenth.jpg2018-12-03T11:05:31+00:00Mairie of the Eighteenth29Law Enforcement of the Eighteenth.image_header2019-06-28T11:12:33+00:0048.8922784 ,2.3444606Ricky has worked in the Eighteenth Arrondissement without a permit since his arrival in Paris, and his tourist visa has long expired (307). However, when he is brought into custody by Detective Lamouche regarding the murder of a prostitute in his building, he is threatened with deportation if he is noncompliant. His status is compared to an African’s in Paris. Detective Lamouche tells Ricky, “‘You have no official status here. No card of residence,’ […]. ‘At your job, you are paid in cash. You pay your landlady in cash each month. If you were African you would have been kicked out of ze country long ago. But you are American, so we let you stay. You like it here?’” (45). Lamouche’s comments make it clear that Ricky does not belong in Paris without official papers, and he is experiencing the generosity of the French because he is American. Ricky seems to be spared deportation, but only to the extent that he cooperates with law enforcement. Though in different circumstances, African Americans who were guests in France between April 3, 1955, and June 2, 1958 (during the period of censorship), experienced the threat of deportation if they spoke about the Algerian War (Stora 251, 254). Clearly, there are limits to African-American privilege in Paris, and the limits of this privilege provides a glimpse into the suppression and harassment that other minorities face in Algerian Paris. Also, Lamar addressing the limits of privilege exposes the implicit racism and acceptance at the root of carte nationale d’identité checks and African-American silence.