My zines, so far, aren't as political as other works I've produced”

Communicative Capitalism Among Queer Feminist Zinesters

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12918161
AutoresChelsea Reynolds (0000-0003-3592-6885, California State University, Fullerton, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen13
Número1
Páginas92-110
Fecha de publicación2019-09-04
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCommunication Culture and Critique (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1753-9137 • E-ISSN: 1753-9129
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/ccc/tcz037
OpenAlexW2996026759
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas19

Self-published zines have been celebrated by some feminist communication scholars for offering an emancipatory outlet for women and queer people. But under the logics of late capitalism, zines cannot reach truly transgressive potentials. This study situates zinester politics within a framework of communicative capitalism: the current era of command individuality and “woke” representational politics. I also historicize zines’ proliferation through punk, do-it-yourself (DIY), and White, feminist communities. Using critical discourse analysis as my analytical approach, I illustrate the interpellation of capitalist ideology in online questionnaires completed by 11 queer, White, feminist zinesters from Chicago. By harnessing a DIY production model, respondents said they resisted mass-mediated expectations of normative sexuality and gender identity, but zinesters also reflect and reify the systems they attempt to transcend

Art · Art history · Capitalism · Critical discourse analysis · Human sexuality · Ideology · Normative · Political science · Politics · Punk · Queer · Queer theory · Sociology · White (mutation · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Media Studies and Communication · Gender Studies · Law