This methodological review starts one step before Small's classic account of how many
cases a scholar needs. We ask,“Which cases do I need?” We argue that a core feature of …

When COVID-19 health guidelines vastly restricted or shut down in-person ethnographic
research in 2020, many researchers pivoted to forms of online qualitative research using …

In Negotiating Opportunities, Jessica McCrory Calarco argues that the middle class has a
negotiated advantage in school. Drawing on five years of ethnographic fieldwork, Calarco …

Although a large body of research has investigated how consumers use goods to signal
their status, little is known about how brands manage status. The very few studies that have …

Over the space of a few generations, women's relationship with food has changed
dramatically. Yet–despite significant advances in gender equality–food and femininity …

The tenacity of the intensive mothering ideology—the notion that good mothers should
invest vast amounts of time, money, energy, and emotional labor in mothering—is well …

When women work in male-dominated professions, they encounter a “glass ceiling” that
prevents their ascension into the top jobs. Twenty years ago, I introduced the concept of the …

In this article we draw on data collected from a recent qualitative project to highlight the
enthusiasm of middle-class parents for enrolling their under fives inenrichment'activities …

Family relations are undergoing dramatic changes globally and locally. At the same time,
certain features of family life endure. This popular book, now in a fully updated second …

Upscale retail stores prefer to hire class-privileged workers because they embody particular
styles and mannerisms that match their specialized brands. Yet retail jobs pay low wages …