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OverviewYoung, single women emerged in the late 1990s as powerful consumers in the wave of real estate development that was reshaping the landscape of cities. Reports claimed that condominium ownership offered women new-found freedom, financial independence, and personal security. But has home ownership truly empowered women, or were the reports merely celebratory rhetoric that disguised more disquieting trends? To get at the reality behind the rhetoric, Sex and the Revitalized City explores the phenomenon from the perspective of planners, developers, and women condo owners to reveal that women’s relationship with the city is being remade in the image of fast capital and consumer citizenship. As filtered through condominium ownership, neoliberal ideologies are not freeing women from constraints – they are reinforcing patriarchal norms. This fresh look at urban revitalization exposes the notion of women’s emancipation through condominium ownership as a marketing ploy rather than a major shift in gender relations. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Leslie KernPublisher: University of British Columbia Press Imprint: University of British Columbia Press Dimensions: Width: 15.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.400kg ISBN: 9780774818230ISBN 10: 0774818239 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 01 January 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 Growing Up: Toronto’s Condominium Boom and the Politics of Urban Revitalization 2 Troubling Tenure: Condominium Ownership, Gender, and the Entrepreneurial Subject 3 Under Construction: The Place of Community in the Neoliberal City 4 Securing Relations of Threat: The Intersection of Gender, Fear, and Capital 5 A Date with the Big City: Gendering the Myth of Urbanity Conclusion Appendices Notes References IndexReviewsThis original study of the gendering processes occurring in the neoliberal city is a significant addition to scholarly debate on cities and gender. Empirically grounded in the intricacies of the condo market in Toronto, it both adds to, and updates, the pathbreaking work around gendered critical urban analysis. An accessible and incisive text that will no doubt instigate future discussions.<br>- Loretta Lees, Cities Group, Department of Geography, King's College, London This original study of the gendering processes occurring in the neoliberal city is a significant addition to scholarly debate on cities and gender. Empirically grounded in the intricacies of the condo market in Toronto, it both adds to, and updates, the pathbreaking work around gendered critical urban analysis. An accessible and incisive text that will no doubt instigate future discussions. - Loretta Lees, Cities Group, Department of Geography, King's College, London This original study of the gendering processes occurring in the neoliberal city is a significant addition to scholarly debate on cities and gender. Empirically grounded in the intricacies of the condo market in Toronto, it both adds to, and updates, the pathbreaking work around gendered critical urban analysis. An accessible and incisive text that will no doubt instigate future discussions.- Loretta Lees, Cities Group, Department of Geography, King's College, London Author InformationLeslie Kern is an assistant professor of women’s studies at Mount Allison University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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