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v Contents Preface vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 I THE EMERGENCE OF THE UGLY LAWS 1 Producing the Unsightly 23 2 Getting Ugly 40 3 The Law in Context 63 4 The Law in Language 89 5 Dissimulations 108 II AT THE UNSIGHTLY INTERSECTION 6 Gender, Sexuality, and the Ugly Law 141 7 Immigration, Ethnicity, and the Ugly Law 165 8 Race, Segregation, and the Ugly Law 184 III THE END OF THE UGLY LAWS 9 The Right to the City 207 10 Rehabilitating the Unsightly 230 11 All about Ugly Laws (for Ten Cents) 255 Conclusion 279 Appendix: The Ugly Laws 291 Notes 297 Bibliography 351 Index 405 About the Author 431 This page intentionally left blank ...

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