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  1. Sumptuary Labor: How Liberal Market Economies Regulate Consumption.Chi Phoenix Wang & Jeffrey J. Sallaz - 2016 - Politics and Society 44 (4):551-572.
    Liberal market states promote the responsible consumption of potentially dangerous commodities. But the work of enforcing sumptuary law is in fact delegated to service employees in the private sector. In this article such work is termed sumptuary labor. Although the ability of states to privatize sumptuary enforcement is a remarkable accomplishment, it is by no means a seamless one. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork among bartenders and casino dealers, the article elaborates patterned conflicts of interest that arise during the performance of (...)
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  • Thank God it’s Monday: Manhattan coworking spaces in the new economy.David Grazian - 2020 - Theory and Society 49 (5-6):991-1019.
    Although it has been argued that digital technology liberates workers from spatial constraints, the materiality of physical space still matters in the new economy. In this article I emphasize the importance of place in the digital age by highlighting the growth of coworking spaces where small startups, telecommuters, and freelancers rent flexible office space on a month-to-month basis. I draw on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Manhattan to show how coworking participants make use of these spaces as social and spatial resources (...)
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