Chandan ReddyFreedom with Violence
Race, Sexuality, and the Us State
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. Freedom's Amendments: Race, Sexuality, and Disposability
under the State Form 1
Part I
1. Freedom and Violence in W. E. B. Du Bois's Souls of Black Folk: The Land
of Racial Equality 55
2. Legal Freedom as Violence in Nella Larsen's Quicksand: Black Literary
Publics during the Interwar Years 90
Interlude 134
Part II
3. Rights-Based Freedom with Violence: Immigration, Sexuality, and the
Subject of Human Rights 143
4. Moving beyond a Freedom with Violence: The Politics of Gay Marriage in
the Era of Racial Transformation 182
Conclusion. Don't Ask, Don't Tell 219
Notes 247
Bibliography 283
Index 297
