Date of Award

2012

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Humanities

First Advisor

Reid, Amy

Keywords

Zines, Feminism, Third Wave, Praxis

Area of Concentration

General Studies

Abstract

This project is an examination of zines and their connection to a feminist legacy of self-publishing. In this paper I define zines, situate them historically amongst other practices of self- publishing since the late 19th and early 20th century, and present an analysis of sixteen feminist zines. I argue these zines represent the praxis of Third Wave feminism due to their ability to create embodied communities. I situate the practice of zine production as a means of consciousness-raising, which was the praxis of Second Wave feminism. The body of zines I analyzed were drawn from the collections at Papercut Zine Library located in Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to this historical and textual analysis of zines, I created a series of three zines under the series title Fresh Squeezed Circus, all of which relate to topics pertinent to feminism and queer theory.

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This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. The New College of Florida, as creator of this bibliographic record, has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.

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