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Selling the ‘scary city’: gendering freedom, fear and condominium development in the neoliberal city

La vente de la ‘ville effrayante’: sexuation de la liberté, de la peur et du développement des condominiums dans la ville néolibérale

La venta de la ‘ciudad de miedo’: gendering la libertad, el miedo y el desarrollo de condominios en la ciudad neoliberal

Pages 209-230 | Published online: 16 Mar 2010

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