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Selling the 'scary city

Gendering Freedom, Fear and Condominium Development in the Neoliberal City

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3978232
AutoresLeslie Kern (York University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2010
Volumen11
Número3
Páginas209-230
Fecha de publicación2010-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14649361003637174
OpenAlexW2018704222
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas59
Referencias citadas60

In contemporary postindustrial cities, urban revitalization policies are discursively linked, in part, to urban fears and relations of threat. In Toronto, these tensions are inscribed in the city through new-build gentrification in the form of condominium development, a process that has created tens of thousands of securitized residential spaces. These spaces, I suggest, are produced in part through gendered ideologies about cities, bodies, safety and fear that (re)emerge or are (re)invigorated in the context of Toronto's revitalization hopes and fears. In this paper, I explore the gendered imagery of revitalization through condominium advertisements, and read these in relation to interviews conducted with women condominium owners. This exploration emphasizes the simultaneous commodification of pleasure and danger through gendered images and experiences. I argue that the dynamic tension between freedom and fear, excitement and anxiety, highlights the gendered constitution of the neoliberal makeover of the city, and the patriarchal power relations that continue to structure contemporary urban life. Dans des villes contemporaines et post-industrielles, les politiques de la revitalisation urbaine sont associées discursivement, en part, aux peurs et aux relations de la menace. A Toronto, ces tensions sont inscrites dans la ville à travers l'embourgeoisement des constructions récentes sous la forme du développement des condominiums, un procédé qui a créé des dizaines de milliers d'espaces résidentielles sécurisées. Je suggère que ces espaces sont produits en partie vers des idéologies sexuées au sujet des villes, du corps, de la sécurité, et de la peur qui (re)émergent ou qui sont revigorés dans le contexte des peurs et des espoirs pour la revitalisation de Toronto. Dans cet article, j'explore l'imagerie sexuée de la revitalisation par des annonces de condominiums, et je les mets en relation avec des entretiens menés avec des femmes qui sont propriétaires des condominiums. Cette exploration souligne la marchandisation simultanée du plaisir et du danger vers les images et les expériences sexuées. Je soutiens que la tension dynamique entre la liberté et la peur, l'excitation et l'anxiété, met l'accent sur la constitution sexuée de la transformation néolibérale de la ville, et sur les relations des pouvoirs patriarcaux qui continuent à structurer la vie contemporaine urbaine. En las ciudades posindustriales contemporáneas, políticas de recuperación urbana están enlazados discursivamente, en parte, a miedos urbanos y relaciones de amenaza. En Toronto, estas tensiones están inscritos en la ciudad por el aburgesamiento, un proceso que ha creado decenas de miles de espacios residenciales seguritizados através de la construcción de condominios. Sugiero que estos espacios están producidos en parte por ideologías de género sobre ciudades, cuerpos, seguridad y miedo que (re)aparecen o están vigorados en el contexto de las esperanzas y miedos de la recuperación en Toronto. En este papel, investigo como el género se comunica en imágenes de recuperación en las advertencias de condominios, y las interpreto al lado de entrevistas con dueñas de los condominios. Esta exploración se enfatiza la conmodificación simultanea del placer y el peligro por imágenes y experiencias de género. Discuto que la tensión dinámica entre libertad y miedo, entusiasmo y ansiedad, se destaca como el cambio neoliberal de la ciudad fue constituido por género, y las relaciones de poder patriarcal que siguen estructurar la vida urbana contemporánea. Keywords: genderurban revitalizationnew-build gentrificationneoliberal urbanismTorontoimageryKeywords: genrerevitalisation urbaineembourgeoisement des constructions récentesurbanisme néolibéralTorontoimagerieKeywords: génerorecuperación urbanaaburgesamientourbanismo neoliberalTorontoimágenes Acknowledgements Thanks to Gerda Wekerle, Stefan Kipfer and Shelley Hornstein for their feedback throughout this research project, and to the editors of this Special Issue, Stephanie Simon and Marcia England. I am also indebted to the two anonymous reviewers whose comments have strengthened this paper. This research was supported in part by a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. A version of this paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, April 2008

Aesthetics · Art · Commodification · Context (archaeology · Economic growth · Economy · Gentrification · Ideology · Liminality · Neoliberalism (international relations · Pleasure · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Post-industrial society · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Psychology · Urban Planning and Governance

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