Megan E. Heim Lafrombois

Reframing the Reclaiming of Urban Space

A Feminist Exploration into Do-It-Yourself Urbanism in Chicago

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Reframing the Reclaiming of Urban Space examines DIY urbanism from an intersectional feminist analytical framework. The racialized, classed, gendered, and sexualized aspects of DIY urbanism, including its activities, its actors, and its spaces are highlighted, as well as the connections between DIY urbanism and urban political agendas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 361g
• ISBN-13: 9781498548694
• ISBN-10: 1498548695
• Artikelnr.: 49455244

Autorenporträt

Megan E. Heim LaFrombois is assistant professor of community planning and public administration at Auburn University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Seeing the City through an Intersectional Feminist Lens Chapter
2: Seeing DIY Urbanism through an Intersectional Feminist Lens Chapter 3:
Institutionalizing DIY Urbanism-the Case of Tactical Urbanism and the
Struggle over Public Space Chapter 4: The Processes, Potholes, Power
Struggles, and Possibilities of DIY Urbanism-the Case of Critical Mass in
Chicago Chapter 5: Putting DIY Urbanism in Place-the Case of Sticky Places
in Loose DIY Urbanism Spaces