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Sex and the Revitalized City

Gender, Condominium Development, and Urban Citizenship

by (author) Leslie Kern

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2011
Category
Urban, Urban & Land Use Planning
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774818230
    Publish Date
    Jan 2011
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774818223
    Publish Date
    Apr 2010
    List Price
    $95.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774859356
    Publish Date
    Jan 2011
    List Price
    $32.99

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Description

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.

About the author

Leslie Kern is the author of three books about cities, including Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies and Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World. She is an associate professor of geography and environment and women’s and gender studies at Mount Allison University. Leslie’s research has earned a Fulbright Visiting Scholar Award, a National Housing Studies Achievement Award, and several national multi-year grants. She is also an award-winning teacher. Leslie’s writing has appeared in The Guardian, Vox, Bloomberg CityLab, and Refinery29. Leslie is also an academic career coach, helping academics find meaning and joy in their work. She lives in Sackville, New Brunswick with her partner and two cats.

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