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Savage Inequalities
(Kozol),
105

September 11 attacks,
97

sex industry,
61
,
71
–76,
202
,
264

aspirations and,
155

escort services,
43
–44,
84
,
121
,
182
–83,
202
,
225
,
242

Analise and,
17
–23,
25
,
26
,
135
,
158
–59,
215
–29,
232
–33,
237
,
242
–43,
254
,
255
,
267

Carla and,
125
–26,
236
,
251

Fiona and,
245
–47

Morgan and,
245
–48

quitting in,
240

ethnic variance in,
181

exit strategies and,
232
–33,
245
–48

Kristina and,
83
–86

multinational nature of,
71
–72

networked community and,
84
–85

porn shops,
68
–69,
71
,
72
,
74
,
90
,
202

of Manjun,
56
–59,
61
–63,
65
,
69
–72,
76
,
77
–80,
82
–84,
86
–90,
150

of Santosh,
74
–75,
88

prostitution, prostitutes,
1
–2,
22
,
26
,
42
–44,
52
,
75
–76,
110
–11,
177

Analise and,
17
–23,
25
,
26
,
135
,
158
–59,
215
–29,
232
–33,
237
,
242
–43,
254
,
255
,
267

Angela and,
56
–60,
62
,
71
,
72
,
78
,
83
–88,
98
,
104
,
110
–25,
135
–39

aspiring artist types and,
184
–85

Azad and,
75
–76

Brittany and,
11
–13,
17
–18,
20
,
21
,
159
,
160
,
220
–222,
226
,
234
,
237
–41

Carla and,
see
Carla Consuelo

Cathy and,
183
–89,
190
,
204

Cincy and,
112
–16,
118
,
121
–24

clients and,
see
sex industry clients

escort services,
see
escort services

exit strategies and,
232
–33,
245
–48

female empowerment and,
232

forced,
91
–92

high-end,
182
–85,
192
,
202
,
205
,
252
,
263
;
see also
escort services

Internet and,
111
–12,
114
,
252

Jo Jo and,
221
–25,
256

Kimberly and,
219
,
221
–25

Manjun and,
91
–92

Margot Kerry and,
149
–55,
163
–66,
168
–73,
176
,
181
–83,
185
,
189
–92,
199
–201,
215
,
230
,
232
–33,
238
,
245
–49,
251
,
252
,
264

Santosh and,
74

street,
42
–43,
71
,
73
,
78
,
84
,
98

Vonnie and,
110
–25,
135
–39,
141

women from business world in,
184
–85

Santosh and,
74
–75

social networks and,
73

socioeconomic and ethnic mixing in,
164
–66

strip clubs,
6
,
44
–47,
49
–50,
185
,
202
,
261
–62

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

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