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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Verso Books
Publication date
September 1, 1997
Pages
240
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781859848272
ISBN-10
1859848273
Availability§
Out of Print
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$65.00
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Traces the history of zine publishing from its origins by science fiction cults, its growth with the 1960s counter culture, and its attachment to punk rock
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Slug & Lettuce, Pathetic Life, I Hate Brenda, Dishwasher, Punk and Destroy, Sweet Jesus, Scrambled Eggs, Maximunrocknrollâthese are among the thousands of publications which circulate in a subterranean world rarely illuminated by the searchlights of mainstream media commentary. In this multifarious underground, Pynchonesque misfits rant and rave, fans eulogize, hobbyists obsess. Together they form a low-tech publishing network of extraordinary richness and variety. Welcome to the realm of zines.
In this, the first comprehensive study of zine publishing, Stephen Duncombe describes their origins in early-twentieth-century science fiction cults, their more proximate roots in 60s counter-culture and their rapid proliferation in the wake of punk rock. While Notes from Underground pays full due to the political importance of zines as a vital web of popular culture, it also notes the shortcomings of their utopian and escapist outlook in achieving fundamental social change. Duncombeâs book raises the larger questionof whether it is possible to rebel culturally within a consumer society that eats up cultural rebellion.
Packed with extracts and illustrations from a wide array of publications, past and present, Notes from Underground is the first book to explore the full range of zine culture and provides a definitive portrait of the contemporary underground in all its splendor and misery.
In this, the first comprehensive study of zine publishing, Stephen Duncombe describes their origins in early-twentieth-century science fiction cults, their more proximate roots in 60s counter-culture and their rapid proliferation in the wake of punk rock. While Notes from Underground pays full due to the political importance of zines as a vital web of popular culture, it also notes the shortcomings of their utopian and escapist outlook in achieving fundamental social change. Duncombeâs book raises the larger questionof whether it is possible to rebel culturally within a consumer society that eats up cultural rebellion.
Packed with extracts and illustrations from a wide array of publications, past and present, Notes from Underground is the first book to explore the full range of zine culture and provides a definitive portrait of the contemporary underground in all its splendor and misery.
Editions
Hardcover
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from Verso Books (September 1, 1997)
9781859848272 | details & prices | 240 pages | List price $65.00
About: Traces the history of zine publishing from its origins by science fiction cults, its growth with the 1960s counter culture, and its attachment to punk rock
About: Traces the history of zine publishing from its origins by science fiction cults, its growth with the 1960s counter culture, and its attachment to punk rock
Paperback
from Microcosm Pub (July 15, 2008)
9781934620373 | details & prices | 256 pages | 5.50 × 7.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $12.95
About: Much history and theory is uncovered here in the first comprehensive study of zine publishing.
About: Much history and theory is uncovered here in the first comprehensive study of zine publishing.
from Verso Books (September 1, 1997)
9781859841587 | details & prices | 240 pages | 6.25 × 9.75 × 0.75 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $20.00
About: Traces the history of zine publishing from its origins by science fiction cults, its growth with the 1960s counter culture, and its attachment to punk rock
About: Traces the history of zine publishing from its origins by science fiction cults, its growth with the 1960s counter culture, and its attachment to punk rock
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