Gender and gentrification / Winifred Curran

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Routledge critical studies in urbanism and the cityPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018Edition: First editionDescription: 1 Online-RessourceSubject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781317270188 | 9781317270171 | 9781317270164 | 1315638150. | 9781315638157. | Erscheint auch als: 9781315638157 Druck-AusgabeDDC classification:
  • 307.76
LOC classification:
  • HT170
Online resources: Summary: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Housing; Housing type and tenure: or, condo boom (and bust); Privatizing social housing; The aging city; Conclusion; 3. Labor; The work of gender in the gentrified city; Commodifying care; Conclusion; 4. Social reproduction; Gentrification of parenting and childhood; Gentrification and schools; Public housekeeping; Conclusion; Note; 5. Safety; Selling safety; Sacrificing women's bodies to sell the "safe city"; Spectacle policing; In danger at homeSummary: "This book explores how gentrification often reinforces traditional gender roles and spatial constructions during the process of reshaping the labour, housing, commercial and policy landscapes of the city. It focuses in particular on the impact of gentrification on women and racialized men, exploring how gentrification increases the cost of living the serves to narrow housing choices, make social reproduction more expensive, and limits the scope of the democratic process. This has resulted in the displacement of many of the phenomena once considered to be the emancipatory hallmarks of gentrification, such as gayborhoods. The book explores the role of gentrification in the larger social processes through which gender is continually reconstituted. In so doing, it makes clear that the negative effects of gentrification are far more wide-ranging than popularly understood, and makes recommendations for renewed activism and policy that places gender at its core. This is valuable reading for students, researchers, and activists interested in social and economic geography, city planning, gender studies, urban studies, sociology and cultural studies."--Provided by publisherPPN: PPN: 1003041205Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-4-NLEBK
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