Gender in an Urban World
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Gender in an Urban World

  1. 332 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Gender in an Urban World

About this book

This volume, "Gender in an Urban World," brings the analysis of gender from the margin to the center of urban theory. "Gender in an Urban World" examines the influence of gender in shaping relations in urban spaces and places. It represents a "crack" in the landscape of urban sociology, and engages in the discourse of the field from a gendered perspective. This volume is global in focus and includes empirical and field studies as it relates to structure, politics, policy and everyday life within an urban context.The authors investigate the ways in which the urban world is gendered, and the roles of womens and mens agency in creating and changing urban life. Reconceptualizations of various models, focusing on local, metropolitan, and international environments are also included. "Gender in an Urban World" contributes innovative theoretical paradigms to the urban field. It is meant to contribute to an ongoing dialogue with regard to gender within the context of urbanism and urbanization. It includes chapters authored by leading experts from around the world. It brings the analysis of gender from the margin to the center of urban theory.

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Yes, you can access Gender in an Urban World by Judith N. DeSena,Ray Hutchison, Judith N. DeSena, Ray Hutchison in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Gender Studies. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
JAI Press Inc.
Year
2008
Print ISBN
9780762314775
eBook ISBN
9781849505574
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Gender Studies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Gender in an Urban World
  3. Copyright page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Contributors
  6. Introduction to gender in an urban world
  7. Chapter 1. Gendered spaces and the public realm
  8. Chapter 2. Milan 1970-1980: women’s place in urban theory
  9. Chapter 3. A walk with two women: gender, vision and belonging in Milan, Italy
  10. Chapter 4. Women’s ways of walking: gender and urban space in Java
  11. Chapter 5. ‘‘Ladies and gentrification’’: new stores, residents, and relationships in neighborhood change
  12. Chapter 6. Gender trouble in paradise: suburbia reconsidered
  13. Chapter 7. Knitting Social Networks: Gender and Immigrant Responses to Life in Urban Sprawl
  14. Chapter 8. Beyond the class act: gender and race in the ’creative city’ discourse
  15. Chapter 9. Gendered spaces of redevelopment: gendered politics of city building
  16. Chapter 10. Old and new migrant women in Ca n’Anglada: public spaces, identity and everyday life in the metropolitan region of Barcelona
  17. Chapter 11. Globalization, urban economic restructuring, and gendered socioeconomic inequality: a comparative study of Tel Aviv and Haifa
  18. About the Authors
  19. frontcover.pdf