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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808627903321

Autore

Piepmeier Alison

Titolo

Girl zines [[electronic resource] ] : making media, doing feminism / / Alison Piepmeier; foreword by Andi Zeisler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8147-6850-4

1-4416-3383-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ZeislerAndi

Disciplina

305.42

Soggetti

Zines

Women's periodicals

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. “If I Didn’t Write These Things No One Else Would Either” -- 2. Why Zines Matter -- 3. Playing Dress-Up, Playing Pin-Up, Playing Mom -- 4. “We Are Not All One” -- 5. Doing Third Wave Feminism -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

With names like The East Village Inky, Mend My Dress, Dear Stepdad, and I’m So Fucking Beautiful, zines created by girls and women over the past two decades make feminism’s third wave visible. These messy, photocopied do-it-yourself documents cover every imaginable subject matter and are loaded with handwriting, collage art, stickers, and glitter. Though they all reflect the personal style of the creators, they are also sites for constructing narratives, identities, and communities.Girl Zines is the first book-length exploration of this exciting movement. Alison Piepmeier argues that these quirky, personalized booklets are tangible examples of the ways that girls and women ‘do’ feminism today. The idiosyncratic, surprising, and savvy arguments and issues showcased in the forty-six images reproduced in the book provide a complex window into feminism’s future, where zinesters persistently and stubbornly carve out new spaces for what it means to be a revolutionary and a girl. Girl Zines takes zines seriously, asking what they can tell us about the inner lives of girls and women over the



last twenty years.