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edition:Hardcover
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category: Social Science
published: Apr 2010
ISBN:9780774818223
publisher: UBC Press

Sex and the Revitalized City

Gender, Condominium Development, and Urban Citizenship

by Leslie Kern

tagged: urban, urban & land use planning
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

Leslie Kern is an associate professor of geography and environment and director of women’s and gender studies at Mount Allison University. She is the author of Sex and the Revitalized City: Gender, Condominium Development, and Urban Citizenship.

Contributor Notes

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

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