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Zines as history
This article acknowledges and contextualises the recent growth of interest in the history of zines and in zine production. Drawing on archival research on zines in the United States, Europe and across the UK it demonstrates that zine producers have themselves been key producers or historical knowledge and furthermore that contemporary political tensions, debates about the relationship between collective histories and icons, celebrities and role models, can be understood through the work of DIY zine producers. This piece argues that we can understand the history of ‘writing our own history’ differently if we move beyond the traditional stories of academic publication. It questions the relationship between individual icons (or key agents) in History and our collective identification with the past.
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- Published
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Manchester University PressPage range
39-54Book title
Ripped, torn and cut: pop, politics and punk fanzines from 1976Place of publication
UKISBN
9781526120618Department affiliated with
- History Publications
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- Centre for Innovation and Research in Childhood and Youth Publications
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Keith Gildart, Bill Osgerby, Pete Webb, Sian Lincoln, John Street, Anna Gough-Yates, Lucy Robinson, Matthew WorleyLegacy Posted Date
2017-04-24Usage metrics
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