Leslie Kern

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Feminist City

A Field Guide

Leslie Kern wants your city to be feminist. An intrepid feminist geographer, Kern combines memoir, theory, pop culture, and geography in this collection of essays that invites the reader to think … 216 View
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Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies

From the author of the best-selling Feminist City, this urbanite’s guide to gentrification knocks down the myths and exposes the forces behind the most urgent housing crisis of our time. … 258 View
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1. Gentrification is . . .

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In Chapter 1, author Leslie Kern, examines the history of gentrification, how it became one of the focuses of her career as a feminist geographer, and an overview of the book’s chapters. … 17 $1.70 Add
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Acknowledgements

From: Feminist City

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Kern’s acknowledgements 2 $0.20 Add
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2. Gentrification is Natural

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Chapter 2 reflects on the damage caused by the concept (or lie) that has made most people believe gentrification is a natural part of a city’s development (ie: expected, inevitable, … 15 $1.50 Add
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City of Men

From: Feminist City

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Kern argues that women have always been viewed as a problem for the modern city: but there are alternatives grounded in ideas and notions of urban feminism. 23 $2.30 Add
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3. Gentrification is about Taste

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Chapter 3 focuses on how gentrification develops cultural capital or cultural power that feeds the continued gentrification of urban spaces. Topics discussed include the Cereal Killer Café … 23 $2.30 Add
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City of Moms

From: Feminist City

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Kern examines how the bodies of pregnant women change the way they are perceived in public. 37 $3.70 Add
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4. Gentrification is about Money

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Chapter 4 focuses on the role of gentrification in the political economy of urban centres and how capital is tied to its continuation. Topics discussed include the example of  Little … 24 $2.40 Add
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City of Friends

From: Feminist City

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Kern highlights the importance of female friendship and how these relationships shape the way women engage with city life. 35 $3.50 Add
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5. Gentrification is about Class

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Chapter 5 focuses on the sexual politics and gendered elements of gentrification. Topics discussed include housing precarity, sexual harassment and violence from landlords, women with children … 39 $3.90 Add
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City of One

From: Feminist City

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Kern explores how mobile digital technologies are essential feminist tools to urban survival. 31 $3.10 Add
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6. Gentrification is about Physical Displacement

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Chapter 6 focuses on the physical displacement of people, families, and communities through gentrification. Topics discussed include personal accounts of displacement, the connection between … 34 $3.40 Add
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City of Protest

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Kern examines how activism and public protest can connect women to cities and feminist politics. 30 $3.00 Add
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7. Gentrification is a Metaphor

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Chapter 7 critically examines the social and cultural framing of gentrification. Topics discussed include the mainstreaming of taboo issues (ie: tattoos or drag), the commodification of other … 19 $1.90 Add
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City of Fear

From: Feminist City

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Kern highlights the gendered danger women are exposed to in cities and everyday life, and the costs of these threats. 27 $2.70 Add