Duncombe, a professor of American Studies and a zine-maker himself, locates zines within a wider bohemian tradition, and maps out both the potential. Duncombe, a professor of American Studies and a zine-maker himself, locates zines within a wider bohemian tradition, and maps out both the potential and the limits of their cultural radicalism." - The Atlantic, "It was punk rock that gave us the current zine explosion, with its emphasis on authenticity, sneering disdain for slickness and consumerism, and determination to forge a community based on these principles.clever and funny.we'll always need the malcontents to show us creative ways to flip the bird to Massa. 'A timely new critical study, Stephen Duncombe's Notes from Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture (1997), throws some light on the current state of zines and what's at stake. Duncombe argues that zines represent a model of participatory cultural production." - Chronicles of Higher Education, "A timely new critical study.throws some light on the current state of zines and what's at stake. I never would of that they were so much more and super inspiring. I never knew exactly what zines where I thought they were just a type of comet book or something that nerdy boys read and wrote. "Readers are introduced to a remarkably diverse world of zines and their publishers, whose interests run the gamut: crusading for anarchy in our time, or for the revival of the eight-track tape.but for all of these subjects, silly or serious, Dr. Notes from underground : zines and the politics of alternative culture / Stephen Duncombe edited, designed and updated by Brittney Willis and Joe Biel Microcosm Publishing Bloomington, IN 2008. Notes From Underground Zines & The Politics of Alternative Culture by Stephen Duncombe was a very fascinating four chapters to read.
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