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.
Rabin
Joan S
JS
Department of Psychology, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USA. jrabin@towson.edu
Slater
Barbara R
BR
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