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Title Gender in an urban world / edited by Judith N. DeSena
Published Bingley, UK : Emerald JAI, 2008
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 322 pages) : illustrations
Series Research in urban sociology, 1047-0042 ; v. 9
Research in urban sociology ; v. 9.
Contents Gender in an Urban World; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction to gender in an urban world; Chapter 1. Gendered spaces and the public realm; Chapter 2. Milan 1970-1980: women's place in urban theory; Chapter 3. A walk with two women: gender, vision and belonging in Milan, Italy; Chapter 4. Women's ways of walking: gender and urban space in Java; Chapter 5. ''Ladies and gentrification'': new stores, residents, and relationships in neighborhood change; Chapter 6. Gender trouble in paradise: suburbia reconsidered
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Women -- Social conditions.
Sociology, Urban.
Women's rights.
Sociology.
Women's Rights
Sociology
urban sociology.
sociology.
Gender studies, gender groups.
Social Science -- Gender Studies.
Social Science -- Sociology -- Urban.
Women's rights
Sociology
Sociology, Urban
Women -- Social conditions
Form Electronic book
Author DeSena, Judith N.
ISBN 9781849505574
1849505578
9786612735905
6612735902