Zine Collection, 1973-2019
Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- Zines, derived from "magazines," are alternative publications constructed using inexpensive, easily accessible materials. Zines, as a genre, have historically been used by political, social, and counterculture movements to easily and inexpensively proliferate information. Zines are often created in a cooperative, utilizing multiple mediums of expression from poets, essayists, and visual artists. In 2017, the University Archives and Special Collections at FGCU began actively collecting zines to be included in the Spring 2018 exhibition Rape Culture. The collection has a strong focus on sexual assault, women's studies, and the LGBTQIA+ community. Note that language is a constantly evolving construct and therefore the tags, keywords, and subject headings attributed to the zines may be considered unacceptable by contemporary and future standards as well as social norms. The archives intent is to preserve the historical record which may include harmful language when viewed through a 21st century lens. To modify the language would be an act of erasure of the creators' lived experience.
- Extent:
- 9 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
The Zine Collection includes Riot Grrrl zines, which is an artist's collective formerly based in Olympia WA with roots in the punk/grunge music scene and covers topics such as feminism, the reclaimation of derogatory language, racism, physical assult and rape, LGBT issues and anarchism; zines that were created by Southwest Florida artists and collectives which features both homemade zines and professionally printed materials covering topics ranging from feminism to witchcraft to home block printing; and the last part of the collection is comprised of zines focused on the topics of rape culture and feminism, but are not a part of any collective or created in Southwest Florida, and they are examples of many types of home-publications as well as comics, orginial art, and personal ethnogrophies.
- Arrangement:
Organized in 7 series: Series 1, Riot Grrrl Zine Collection, 1989-1996; Series 2, Southwest Florida Zine Collection, 2011-Present; Series 3, Non-Collective and Unaffiliated Creators, 1970-2018; Series 4, "Rape Culture: Zines and Artists' Books" Exhibition-Related Materials, Spring 2018; Series 5, "Rape Culture: Zines and Artists' Books" Large Materials, 2013-2016; Series 6, Non-Collectives and Unaffiliated Creators Part 2, 1920-Present; Series 7, Contemporary American Collectives and Creators, 2019 - 2020.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
The collection is open for use.
- Location of this collection:
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10501 FGCU Blvd SouthFort MeyersFL33965USA
- Contact: