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Urban Bodies: The Right to the City as a Feminist Platform

Abstract

Based on the observation that theories about urban life have hidden gender issues and considering the historical struggle of women in and for the city, we examine feminist activisms and their construction of an agenda for the right to the city – considering urban reform proposals and contributions from new feminisms. We conclude that feminisms do struggle for a right to the city, demanding power over bodies, freedom of circulation, access to public spaces and services, and cities that are not planned only for citizens who are white male property-owners.

Right to the City; Urban Reform; Feminism; Bodies

Núcleo de Estudos de Gênero - Pagu Universidade Estadual de Campinas, PAGU Cidade Universitária "Zeferino Vaz", Rua Cora Coralina, 100, 13083-896, Campinas - São Paulo - Brasil, Tel.: (55 19) 3521 7873, (55 19) 3521 1704 - Campinas - SP - Brazil
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