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Young, single women emerged in the late 1990s as powerful consumers inthe wave of real estate development that was reshaping the landscape ofcities. Reports claimed that condominium ownership offered womennew-found freedom, financial independence, and personal security. Buthas home ownership truly empowered women, or were the reports merelycelebratory rhetoric that disguised more disquieting trends?

To get at the reality behind the rhetoric, Sex and theRevitalized City explores the phenomenon from the perspective ofplanners, developers, and women condo owners to reveal thatwomen's relationship with the city is being remade in the imageof fast capital and consumer citizenship. As filtered throughcondominium ownership, neoliberal ideologies are not freeing women fromconstraints - they are reinforcing patriarchal norms. This freshlook at urban revitalization exposes the notion of women'semancipation through condominium ownership as a marketing ploy ratherthan a major shift in gender relations.

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