Sex and the Revitalized City: Gender, Condominium Development, and Urban Citizenship - Couverture souple

Kern, Leslie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0774818239 ISBN 13 : 9780774818230

Editeur : University of British Columbia Press, 2011

Synopsis

When a recent wave of condominium development overtook Toronto, women emerged as powerful consumers, and reports claimed that home ownership was offering young, single women freedom, financial independence, and personal security. Sex and the Revitalized City examines the truth of these claims by exploring the phenomenon from the perspective of women condo owners and planners and developers. This fresh perspective on urban revitalization reveals that condo ownership is not freeing women from constraints - neoliberal ideologies are remaking women's relationship with the city in the image of fast capital and consumer citizenship. Women's emancipation through condominium ownership is a marketing ploy rather than a major shift in gender relations.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Leslie Kern is an assistant professor of women's studies at Mount Allison University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of British Columbia Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0774818239
• ISBN 13: 9780774818230
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
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• Personne responsable: non disponible