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Book Synopsis
By examining urban revitalization in Toronto from the perspective of women, this book reveals the neoliberal agenda that lies beneath the rhetoric of condo ownership.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Growing Up: Toronto’s Condominium Boom and the Politics of Urban Revitalization

2 Troubling Tenure: Condominium Ownership, Gender, and the Entrepreneurial Subject

3 Under Construction: The Place of Community in the Neoliberal City

4 Securing Relations of Threat: The Intersection of Gender, Fear, and Capital

5 A Date with the Big City: Gendering the Myth of Urbanity

Conclusion

Appendices

Notes

References

Index

Sex and the Revitalized City

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: 01/01/2011
      ISBN13: 9780774818230, 978-0774818230
      ISBN10: 0774818239
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      Urban communities / city life

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      By examining urban revitalization in Toronto from the perspective of women, this book reveals the neoliberal agenda that lies beneath the rhetoric of condo ownership.

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      1 Growing Up: Toronto’s Condominium Boom and the Politics of Urban Revitalization

      2 Troubling Tenure: Condominium Ownership, Gender, and the Entrepreneurial Subject

      3 Under Construction: The Place of Community in the Neoliberal City

      4 Securing Relations of Threat: The Intersection of Gender, Fear, and Capital

      5 A Date with the Big City: Gendering the Myth of Urbanity

      Conclusion

      Appendices

      Notes

      References

      Index

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