- *Fashion and Its Social Agendas: Class, Gender, and Identity in Clothing* (2000)
- *The Transformation of the Avant-Garde: The New York Art World, 1940–1985* (1987)
- *De-Formalization: Symbolic Processes in Social Systems* (1972)
Edited volumes:
- *Cultural Sociology of the Arts* (2015)
- *Sociology of Culture: A Reader* (2013)
- *The Sociology of Culture: Emerging Theoretical Perspectives* (2002)
- *The Sociology of Culture: Themes, Debates, and Perspectives* (1997)
Articles and book chapters:
- "The Decline of Cultural Capital" (2016)
- "Symbolic Power and Status: The Legacy of Pierre Bourdieu's Theory of Cultural Capital" (2015)
- "The Production of Culture: Art, Literature, and Music" (2013)
- "The Institutionalization of Avant-Garde Art: The Case of the New York School" (2012)
- "The Cultural Consumption of Elites: Patterns and Explanations" (2011)