Writing a Riot: Riot Grrrl Zines and Feminist Rhetorics

ISBN-13: 9781433123917 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 182 str.

Rebekah Buchanan

Opis

Riot grrrls, punk feminists most well-known for their girl power activism and message, used punk ideologies and the literacy practice of zine-ing to create radical feminist sites of resistance.

Recenzje

"Focusing on the creation and circulation of riot grrrl zines in the 1990s, which she interprets as a complex literacy practice, Rebekah J. Buchanan adds substantially to the burgeoning literature on the challenge of narrating the history of punk feminisms. By building on her own experiences in zine-ing and reading with care and appreciation a diverse array of zines created during the period, she makes a strong case for the significance of such zines as evidence of girls' feminism and activist efforts to understand the conditions of their everyday lives." -Janice Radway, Walter Dill Scott Professor of Communication Studies; Director, Gender Studies; Professor, American Studies, Northwestern University

Spis treści

Preface - Acknowledgments - Introduction - Zines and Punk - Girl Zine Studies - Putting the Riot Back Into Punk - Defining and Documenting Riot Grrrl - What Is Riot Grrrl Anyway? - Riot Grrrl Zines as Social Circulation - Riot Grrrl Zines and Justice Issues - Yes, We Use the Word Rape - Race and Riot Grrrl Zines - Who Cares? Or, Why Does Riot Grrrl Really Matter - Index.

O autorze

Rebekah J. Buchanan is Associate Professor of English and Director of English Education at Western Illinois University. Her research interests include out-of-school literacy practices of youth especially in activist music scenes, fandoms, Harry Potter literary tourism and representation of teachers in popular culture.