Vrouwen in Brusselse straatnamen. Topografie van een minorisering
The article proposes an examination of odonyms in Brussels, i.e. the names of its streets, through the prism of gender. After a systematic survey of street names and the characteristics of the female figures honoured – which reveals a glaring imbalance between the female and male street names in Bru...
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| author | Nouria Ouali Pierre Lannoy Virginie Desamoury Sandrine Guilleaume Fanny Mayné Sophie Merville Charlotte Odier Adèle Thébaux |
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| description | The article proposes an examination of odonyms in Brussels, i.e. the names of its streets, through the prism of gender. After a systematic survey of street names and the characteristics of the female figures honoured – which reveals a glaring imbalance between the female and male street names in Brussels (there are ten times fewer female odonyms than male odonyms in the Region) – the article analyses the practices and strategies used by municipal representatives to feminise street names and do justice to the memory of women through a transformation of the toponymy, among other things. On the one hand, it reveals the constraints linked to legislation, urban morphology and gender stereotypes which weigh on the undertaking to increase the number of female street names and, on the other hand, it analyses the action of elected representatives and the influence of feminist organisations which fight against the minoritisation of women in the materiality of the Brussels urban space. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-efef844eeb85432c8e98e4d8616e501b2025-08-20T03:38:55ZengUniversité libre de Bruxelles - ULBBrussels Studies2031-02932021-03-0110.4000/brussels.5431Vrouwen in Brusselse straatnamen. Topografie van een minoriseringNouria OualiPierre LannoyVirginie DesamourySandrine GuilleaumeFanny MaynéSophie MervilleCharlotte OdierAdèle ThébauxThe article proposes an examination of odonyms in Brussels, i.e. the names of its streets, through the prism of gender. After a systematic survey of street names and the characteristics of the female figures honoured – which reveals a glaring imbalance between the female and male street names in Brussels (there are ten times fewer female odonyms than male odonyms in the Region) – the article analyses the practices and strategies used by municipal representatives to feminise street names and do justice to the memory of women through a transformation of the toponymy, among other things. On the one hand, it reveals the constraints linked to legislation, urban morphology and gender stereotypes which weigh on the undertaking to increase the number of female street names and, on the other hand, it analyses the action of elected representatives and the influence of feminist organisations which fight against the minoritisation of women in the materiality of the Brussels urban space.http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/5431public actionmunicipalitiesdiscriminationgender; urban strugglestoponymy |
| spellingShingle | Nouria Ouali Pierre Lannoy Virginie Desamoury Sandrine Guilleaume Fanny Mayné Sophie Merville Charlotte Odier Adèle Thébaux Vrouwen in Brusselse straatnamen. Topografie van een minorisering Brussels Studies public action municipalities discrimination gender; urban struggles toponymy |
| title | Vrouwen in Brusselse straatnamen. Topografie van een minorisering |
| title_full | Vrouwen in Brusselse straatnamen. Topografie van een minorisering |
| title_fullStr | Vrouwen in Brusselse straatnamen. Topografie van een minorisering |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vrouwen in Brusselse straatnamen. Topografie van een minorisering |
| title_short | Vrouwen in Brusselse straatnamen. Topografie van een minorisering |
| title_sort | vrouwen in brusselse straatnamen topografie van een minorisering |
| topic | public action municipalities discrimination gender; urban struggles toponymy |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/5431 |
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