Feminist City
A Field Guide
by Leslie Kern
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Pub Date Oct 29 2019 | Archive Date Oct 10 2019
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Description
Leslie Kern wants your city to be feminist.
Feminist City: A Field Guide combines memoir, feminist theory, pop culture, and geography to expose what is hidden in plain sight: the social inequalities built right into our cities, homes, and neighbourhoods. Focusing on gendered experiences of the city, the books grapples with the challenge of claiming urban space amongst barriers designed to keep women “in their place.” From the geography of rape culture to the politics of snow removal, the city is an ongoing site of gendered struggle. Yet the city is perhaps also our best hope for shaping new social relations based around care and justice.
Taking on fear, motherhood, friendship, activism, and the joys and perils of being alone, Kern maps the city from new vantage points, laying out a feminist intersectional approach to urban histories and pathways towards different urban futures. Feminist questions about safety and fear, paid and unpaid work, and rights and representation prompt us to dismantle what we take for granted about cities and open space to ask how we can build more just, sustainable, and care-full cities together.
Advance Praise
“Feminist City is a damning stab at the subtle and overt manipulation of women in urban spaces. Kern’s interwoven references to her personal experience through childhood, adulthood, and motherhood make her deeply researched and whip-smart work infinitely readable. Kern shows that the ability of all women to exploit the city fully is a valuable, necessary gauge for city worth.”
– Lezlie Lowe, author of No Place To Go: How Public Toilets Fail Our Private Needs
Marketing Plan
Pan-Canadian author tour and marketing campaign including advertisements in specialty publications including Vancouver and Toronto transit advertisements and placements in specialty publications including the Walrus, Herizons, Jacobin, Now, This!, The Tyee, The Georgia Straight, and others.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781771134576 |
| PRICE | CA$22.95 (CAD) |
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