Feminist City
Author | : Leslie Kern |
Publisher | : Verso Books |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2020-07-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781788739832 |
ISBN-13 | : 1788739833 |
Rating | : 4/5 (833 Downloads) |
Download or read book Feminist City written by Leslie Kern and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.