{"product_id":"walking-in-cities-9781439912218","title":"Walking in Cities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWalking connects the rhythms of urban life to the configuration of urban spaces. As the contributors and editors show in \u003ci\u003eWalking in Cities\u003c\/i\u003e, walking also reflects the systematic inequalities that order contemporary urban life. Walking has different meanings because it can be a way of temporarily “taking possession” of urban space, or it can make the relatively powerless more vulnerable to crime. The essays in \u003ci\u003eWalking in Cities \u003c\/i\u003eexplore how walking intersects with sociological dimensions such as gender, race and ethnicity, social class, and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVarious chapters explore\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eflâneuse\u003c\/i\u003e, or female urban drifter, in Tehran’s shopping malls; Hispanic neighborhoods in New York, San Diego, and El Paso; and the intra-neighborhood and inter-class dynamics of gentrification in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe essays in \u003ci\u003eWalking in Cities\u003c\/i\u003e provide important lessons about urban life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408310640983,"sku":"9781439912218","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781439912218.jpg?v=1730502389","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/walking-in-cities-9781439912218","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}