Using the Catalog and Archives Portal
You can find more zines at The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and NYPL by searching in the library’s legacy catalog, catalog or archives portal
Some key search words to use:
- zines
- fanzines
- underground press
- little magazines
E-Resources
These resources can be accessed through the internet with a valid NYPL library card. In some cases, materials need to be accessed onsite. E-resources are maintained through The Schomburg Center's General Research and Reference division. For any questions about these materials, you can reach out to schomburgreference@nypl.org.
Zines in Third Space by
Zines in Third Space develops third-space theory with a practical engagement in the subcultural space of zines as alternative media produced specifically by feminists and queers of color. Adela C. Licona explores how borderlands rhetorics function in feminist and queer of-color zines to challenge dominant knowledges as well as normativitizing mis/representations. Licona characterizes these zines as third-space sites of borderlands rhetorics revealing dissident performances, disruptive rhetorical acts, and coalitions that effect new cultural, political, economic, and sexual configurations.
Call Number: https://www.nypl.org/research/research-catalog/bib/b20997701ISBN: 9781438443720Publication Date: 2013-07-02
Girl Zines by
The first book-length exploration of the quirky feminist booklets 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.
ISBN: 9780814768501Publication Date: 2009-11-01- Colours magazine. by Reproduced from source library: v. 1, issue 7 (Nov. 1996) ; v. 2, issue 10 (Feb. 1997) ; v. 2, issue 2 (June 1997) ; v. 2, issue 7 (Dec. 1997).Publication Date: 1996-
- Any body zine. byPublication Date: February 2016
Resources outside of The Schomburg Center
Below are some libraries, organizations, and archives that have zines in their collections. For more information, feel free to reach out to these places directly.