Women in cities : gender and the urban environment

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Women in cities : gender and the urban environment

edited by Jo Little, Linda Peake and Pat Richardson

(Women in society)

Macmillan Education, 1988

  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. 133-147

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The first book on British urban geography to concentrate specifically on gender issues, it comprises six chapters on the theme of gender and the contemporary city and presents original material on women's urban experiences as well as furthering the debate on gender issues within geography. The book begins by examining from a theoretical perspective the relation between gender and the changing spatial, temporal and political organization of the urban environment. The authors then illustrate the constraints that women encounter in different aspects of their lives. It should be of interest to students of geography, urban and regional planning, urban studies, urban sociology and women's studies.

Table of Contents

  • City and society - a feminist reformation of urban politics, L.Bondi and L.Peake
  • balancing our space and time - the impact of women's organization on the British city 1920-1980, S.Mackenzie
  • food retailing and changing gender relations at home and work, S.Bowlby
  • women and young children - the constraints on women in the urban environment, J.Tivers
  • women's low travel mobility - a function of gender roles, L.Pickup
  • women, leisure and bingo - a study of women's leisure experience in a northern English community, R.Dixey.

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