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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

7. New Urban Figures in Contemporary Urban Reality

Author : Johanna Lilius

Published in: Reclaiming Cities as Spaces of Middle Class Parenthood

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

This chapter looks at urban parents as figures of the urban lore by studying representations of urban parents in popular media. Described as hipster parents, cool dads, latte parents, Scandi dads, and yummy mummies, urban parents are present in inner cities throughout the Western world. The chapter argues, that caring as a gendered act has become blurred in the media representations of urban parents. The chapter also emphasizes the changing notions of family-friendly places in policymaking, as confrontation with social difference in the “right” neighbourhood is now even considered to attract families. However, the contemporary city is not only produced by parents, but also for children and by children. Therefore, the chapter ends by looking at what child-friendly environments mean, and how the city is being described in child-friendly ways.

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next chapter Conclusion: The Domesticfication of Inner-City Neighbourhoods
Footnotes
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The hipster figure is part of the “Fun in the City” package displayed on the lego homepage: https://​www.​lego.​com/​en-gb/​city/​products/​fun-in-the-park-city-people-pack-60134
 
2
The series started out describing clubbing in inner city Stockholm, but as the lives of the two male authors changed, so did the themes of the strips, which now also include caring activities and time with the children in the city. Apart from building an image of young hipsters in Stockholm (Kartago 2013), the strips also add to the many imaginaries of urban parenting.
 
3
Citation by artist Are Kalvø echoed by an urban Mother in the newspaper Dagens næringsliv 30.01.2006.
 
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Metadata
Title
New Urban Figures in Contemporary Urban Reality
Author
Johanna Lilius
Copyright Year
2019
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Book
Reclaiming Cities as Spaces of Middle Class Parenthood

Print ISBN: 978-981-10-9009-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-10-9010-3

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-9010-3_7