Gender in the City

International Encyclopedia of Human Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 320-327

  Peake, L ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childcare; Femininity; Feminist geography; Feminization of poverty; Gender; Gentrification; Homelessness; Housing; Journey to work; Labor markets; Masculinity; Public and private spheres; Queered urban spaces; Sexuality; Social constructions of difference; Suburbs; Urban citizenship; Urban public space; Urbanization; Violence; Women's fear; Women's urban activism; Women's urban movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069595723     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008044910-4.01050-6     Document Type: Chapter

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