Gendering the City - Women, Boundaries, and Visions of Urban Life (Paperback)

This volume challenges the imagery of cities by looking through a gendered lens at how women utilize urban space. Focusing on the conceptual and methodological manner of boundaries, the book reminds us that women are members of multiple and diverse groups and as such, they can be active, creative, and powerful agents. Multidisciplinary essays, contributed by urbanists, geographers, political scientists, and historians, explore the ways in which women confront, break down, resist, and form new boundaries and interconnections, both visible and invisible. Arguing for a change in the traditional agenda of cities, the authors investigate how aspects of urban life and space would look considerably different if the alternatives and options presented by women and other marginalized groups were taken into account. They urge us toward a better understanding of how diverse social groups interact, how urban space can enhance such interaction, and what role formal and informal laws, by-laws, policies, and other planning measures should play.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2000
First published:	February 2000
Editors:	Kristine B. Miranne • Alma H. Young
Contributors:	Caroline Andrew • Marilyn Bruin • Christine C. Cook • Sue Crull • Judith A. Garber • Melissa R. Gilbert • Helen Harrison • Sue A. Hendler
Dimensions:	227 x 146 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-8476-9451-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8476-9451-8
Barcode:	9780847694518

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