Feminist City : Claiming Space in a Man-Made World by Leslie Kern
Feminist City : Claiming Space in a Man-Made World by Leslie Kern
What should a metropolis for working women look like? A city of friendships beyond Sex and the City. A transit system that accommodates mothers with strollers on the school run. A public space with enough toilets.
A place where women can walk without harassment. Through history, personal experience and popular culture Leslie Kern exposes what is hidden in plain sight: the social inequalities are built into our cities, homes, and neighbourhoods. She maps the city from new vantage points, laying out a feminist intersectional approach to urban histories and proposes that the city is perhaps also our best hope for shaping a new urban future.
It is time to dismantle what we take for granted about cities and to ask how we can build more just, sustainable, and care-full cities together.
Format:Paperback / softback 224 pages
Publisher:Verso Books
Imprint:Verso Books
ISBN:9781788739825
Published:14 Sep 2021
Classifications: Feminism & feminist theory, Political geography, Urban & municipal planning