Book
Gangs, Edgework and Identity, in a School and on the Streets. Forthcoming, New York University Press. Excerpt
Peer Reviewed Publications
2009
Reconsidering Retaliation: Structural Inhibitions, Emotive Dissonance, and the Acceptance of Ambivalence Among Inner-City Young Men. Forthcoming in Ethnography.
2007
Non-Violence in the Inner-City: Decent and Street as Strategic Resources Journal of African American Studies. 10(4):94-111.
"'Where You From!': Gang Identity as Performance." Forthcoming, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography.
2004
“‘You’re not a Stone’: Emotional Sensitivity in a Bureaucratic Setting.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. 33(6):735-766.
2003
“‘Provocative Looks: The Enforcement of Dress Codes and the Embodiment of Dress at Inner-City Alternative School.” Jack Katz, second author. Ethnography. 4(3): 415-448.
Chapters in Edited Volumes
2008
The Use of Rules in Determining Public Housing Eligibility. Forthcoming (in German) Sprachvollzug im Amt Kommunikation und Verwaltung im Europa. Peter Becker, Editor.
It's the Way you Wear Them: On Embodying Gang Identity. Forthcoming (in Italian), Mondi Migranti. Luca Palmas, Editor.
2006
“Inner-City Teens and Face-Work: Avoiding Violence and Maintaining Honor.” In Leila Monaghan and Jane Goodman (Eds.) A Cultural Approach to Interpersonal Communication: Essential Readings. Cambridge: Blackwell Press.
2005
“Bias Forged Through Suspicion: The Housing Gatekeeper Reconsidered.” In Stacy Burns (Ed.) Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance, Vol. 6 (pp. 77-105). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
BOOK REVIEWS/ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
2008
Norma Mendoza-Dentonís Homegirls: Language and Cultural Practice among Latina Youth Gangs. Crime, Media, Culture. Forthcoming, July.
2007
Gang Identity as Performance. Pp. 67-69 in David Brotherton and Luis Kontos (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Gangs. New Haven, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.