{"product_id":"reframing-the-reclaiming-of-urban-space-9781498548694","title":"Reframing the Reclaiming of Urban Space","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReframing 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMegan Heim LaFrombois makes an important contribution to our understanding of the burgeoning DIY urbanism movement. Cutting through the dominant rhetoric surrounding this approach, she provides an insightful and timely critique of the ways that these activities may be simultaneously confronting and perpetuating urban inequality. -- Donovan Finn, Stony Brook University\u003cbr\u003eHeim LaFrombois presents a nuanced analysis of DIY urbanism with a strong social justice slant. Using examples ranging from the anarchist left to the neoliberal right, Heim LaFrombois insightfully exposes an unacknowledged terrain of identity politics and power relations. With sensitivity and thoughtfulness, her book is critical without being dismissive. It is a must-read for anyone hoping to embrace DIY urbanism without unwittingly reproducing exclusion. -- Kimberley Kinder, University of Michigan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 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","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040748634455,"sku":"9781498548694","price":72.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498548694.jpg?v=1750947718","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reframing-the-reclaiming-of-urban-space-9781498548694","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}