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Recommended Reading Lists
Looking to dive more into researching a specific topic? Check out some of our curated reading lists complete with convenient Amazon links that include recommendations from Museum Staff and Historians.
Online Zine Archives and Further Information
Library of Congress
Los Angeles Public Library
California State University, Los Angeles
California State University Archives
University of California, Los Angeles, Library
Bibliography and Further Reading
Cofield, Laura. "'Angry grrrl zines’: Riot Grrrl and Body Politics from the Early 1990s." In Ripped, Torn and Cut: Pop, Politics, and Punk Fanzines from 1976, edited by The Subcultures Network, 295-316. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2018.
Congdon, Kristin G., and Doug Blandy. "Zinesters in the Classroom: Using Zines to Teach about Postmodernism and the Communication of Ideas." Art Education 56, no. 3 (2003): 44-52.
Hardesty, Michele, Alana Kumbier, and Nora Claire Miller. "Learning with Zine Collections in 'Beyond the Riot: Zines in Archives and Digital Space.'" In Transforming the Authority of the Archive: Undergraduate Pedagogy and Critical Digital Archives, edited by Andi Gustavson and Charlotte Nunes, 145-187. Michigan: Lever Press, 2023.
Markey, David, and Jordan Schwartz. We Got Power! Hardcore Punk Scenes from 1980s Southern California. New York: Bazillion Points, 2012.
Mendez, Laura. "Zine Machine: A DIY Magazine Primer." Programming Librarian. American Library Association, 6 May 2019. https://programminglibrarian.org/articles/zine-machine-diy-magazine-primer.
Robinson, Lucy. "Zines and History: Zines as History." In Ripped, Torn and Cut: Pop, Politics, and Punk Fanzines from 1976, edited by The Subcultures Network, 39-54. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2018.
Vague, Tom. "Vague Post-Punk Memoirs, 1979-89." In Ripped, Torn and Cut: Pop, Politics, and Punk Fanzines from 1976, edited by The Subcultures Network, 191-200. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2018.
Wan, Amy J. "Not Just for Kids Anymore: Using Zines in the Classroom." Radical Teacher, no. 55 (1999): 15-19.
Worley, Matthew et al. "Introduction: Adventures in Reality: Why (Punk) Fanzines Matter." In Ripped, Torn and Cut: Pop, Politics, and Punk Fanzines from 1976, edited by The Subcultures Network, 1-12. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2018.
Willis, Peter. “Duplicate, Copy, Print: Towards a Material History of the Zine.” DIY, Alternative Cultures & Society, October (2025). https://doi.org/10.1177/27538702251384750.