Lesbian communities across the United States: pockets of resistance and resilience.
Drawing on our interviews and experiences with 112 women in three different kinds of predominantly lesbian communities (communal land, cottages with communal center/guesthouse, and gated residential/retirement), strategies of coping, resistance, and resilience are examined by describing these communities and sharing these women's words. Feminist patterns of resilience in fostering community integrity are emphasized.
Department of Psychology, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USA. jrabin@towson.edu
Joan S
JS
Rabin
Barbara R
BR
Slater
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019058:Community Networks; D005260:Female; D019513:Feminism; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008019:Life Style; D008875:Middle Aged; D011287:Prejudice; D012933:Social Identification; D012938:Social Perception; D013240:Stereotyping; D014481:United States