Margot Kerry and, 180–81
Mortimer and, 50–54
Times Square and, 76
transition to normal life, 245–48
white women in, 158
sex industry clients, 186, 194–95
emotional exchange and, 187–88, 193–95
Jonathan, 192–95
Martin, 186–89, 191–95, 203–6, 250, 257–58
money exchange as protection for, 187–88
Nate, 192–95
Sex Workers’ Project, Urban Justice Center, 2, 43, 47, 71, 73, 83, 175
Shakespeare, William, 233
Shine, 1–6, 12, 16, 23–25, 35–37, 42, 54–59, 62–63, 69–71, 98–103, 126–32, 138–43, 143–46, 155–58, 162, 175–77, 179–80, 196, 207–14, 233, 234, 242–43, 255–58, 264–73
Analise and, 7–13, 101, 215, 241, 256, 272
art galleries and, 2–6, 101, 214–15, 241, 265–66, 273
cocaine business of, 1, 4, 9–11, 58, 127, 129–32, 138–43, 207–14, 241, 243, 273
conflict resolution and, 172
Evalina and, 10, 12, 214
family of, 155–57, 265
father of, 156
geographical boundaries and, 102
at hotel bar, 126–29
J.B. and, 255
Juan and, 157–58, 165, 207–13, 237–39
mother of, 156–57, 210
as pimp, 99
staff of, 138–43, 157–58, 207–8, 231–32, 240
S.V.’s meeting of, 1, 30–35
S.V.’s relationship with, 103
white clients and, 101–3, 141, 174, 209–10, 214
Shoomi, 66–68, 90, 94
Smith, Neil, 177
snowball sampling, 151
Social Security, 77
Society of Fellows, 48
social capital, 165, 167, 209–10, 249, 253
social classes, 145, 176
low income, 175, 176
middle and upper, 176
moving across, 165, 176–78, 201, 202, 238, 242
new, 177–78
sociology, sociologists, 23, 28–29, 37, 73, 87, 143–45, 195, 201, 203, 206, 250, 271
at Columbia, 27–28
ecological viewpoint in, 38, 145
ethical research methods and, 179–80
ethnography, 1, 39
Chicago style and, 23–24
globalization studied by, 38
moving across social classes and, 165, 201
New York style and, 23–25
poor as viewed by, 23, 143–44, 201
small n problem in, 40, 184, 250, 252, 263, 271–72
snowball sampling in, 151
S.V.’s documentary and, 166–67
Soho, 3, 132, 149
squeegee men, 68, 69, 72
State of Grace (film), 55
strip clubs, 6, 44–47, 49–50, 185, 202, 261–62
Margot Kerry and, 180–81
Mortimer and, 50–54
Sula, 80–83, 91
Swidler, Ann, 213
There Are No Children Here (Kotlowitz), 105
third culture, 174
Times Square, 76
Tito, 211, 237
Tori, 185–86
Truly Disadvantaged, The (Wilson), 29
Tuskegee trials, 179
underground economy, 40, 86, 92
brokers in, 173–74
in Chicago, 5, 40
connecting to overworld, 178
connectivity in, 172–73
floating communities and, 53–54
legal system and, 171
role of, in lives of middle class and wealthy, 182
social relations in, 52–54
speculation about, 39
trust and confidentiality in, 138
underground economy in New York, 1–2, 24, 41–42, 61–62, 86–87, 98, 177, 242
apartment renting and, 84
bank accounts and, 83, 84, 87
black market, 76, 137, 176, 177, 233, 242, 243
wealthy young philanthropists and, 104
day laborers in, 72–73
drugs, see drugs, drug dealing
as floating community, 53–54, 58
in Harlem, 36–37, 39–40, 175
health care and, 83, 84
sex work, see sex industry
Social Security and, 77
spread into surrounding world, 71
violence in, 89, 196–97
University of Chicago, 5, 27–29, 31
Urban Justice Center, 61
Sex Workers’ Project at, 2, 43, 47, 71, 73, 83, 175
Venkatesh, Sudhir (author):
arrival at Columbia, 27, 29–30, 261
Bearman and, 28, 130, 167–68
Chicago public housing documentary of, 10, 166–67, 179, 180
Chicago sociology background of, 23–24, 30, 86, 104, 130, 132–33, 144, 166, 178, 250
Clark and, 30, 32, 33
at Columbia, 130, 166, 185, 269
as documentary filmmaker, 179–82, 185, 229–30, 262–63, 268–69
Gang Leader for a Day, 1, 29, 40
panic attacks of, 150–51
research grant of, 185
separation and divorce of, 80–81, 134, 151, 167–69, 188, 189, 191, 194, 217, 250
small n problem in research of, 40, 184, 250, 252, 263, 271–72
at University of Chicago, 5, 27–29, 31
at wine tasting, 48–49, 133–34, 224
Village Voice, 86–87
violence, 89, 196–97
vomiting, 161–62
Vonnie, 110–25, 135–39, 141, 145, 162
Wallace, Terry, 163
Wall Street, 4, 63, 129, 203
Waters, Mary, 95
webs of significance, 25
welfare, 106
Silvia and, 106, 108, 109
White, Harrison, 28
Williams, Carter, 105–10, 132
Williamsburg, 114
Wilson, William Julius, 28–29
wine tasting, 48–49, 133–34, 224
Winters, Betsy, 105–10, 132–34
Winters, Michael, 105–10, 132
women’s shelter, 123
World Trade Center attack, 97
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