Heim LaFrombois, Megan E.

Reframing the Reclaiming of Urban Space : A Feminist Exploration into Do-It-Yourself Urbanism in Chicago. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (137 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Seeing the City through an Intersectional Feminist Lens -- 2 Seeing DIY Urbanism through an Intersectional Feminist Lens -- 3 Institutionalizing DIY Urbanism -- 4 The Processes, Potholes, Power Struggles, and Possibilities of DIY Urbanism -- 5 Putting DIY Urbanism in Place -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Reframing 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.

9781498548700


Feminist theory.


Electronic books.

HT151 .L347 2018

307.14120977311