Fashion Torn Up: Exploring the Potential of Zines and Alternative Fashion Press Publications in Academic Library Collections

IF 0.3 4区管理学 Q4 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Library Trends Pub Date : 2021-10-26 DOI:10.1353/lib.2021.0013

Suzanna Hall

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Abstract

Abstract:This article discusses the purposes of collecting zines and alternative-press magazines in academic libraries that support fashion studies programs. Fashion is a discipline that is both creative and academic but is also a field that is dominated by commercial interests. Fashion zines offer a form of counterdiscourse to the mainstream fashion media, which engages with fashion as a phenomenon while challenging its institutionally held power. Zines are also emerging as a new media in fashion communications, with alternative magazines taking inspiration from their aesthetics and brands co-opting the terminology and capitalizing on their subcultural appeal. This article focuses on the developing relevance of this medium to fashion as an industry and as an academic discipline, the challenges academic libraries face in collecting zines and small-press fashion publications, and the academic library’s role in providing access to this kind of alternate literature. Additionally, it discusses zine making as a pedagogical tool, exploring how they can be used by students for inspiration and as a medium with which to engage with, and challenge, fashion discourse on their own terms.

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时尚撕裂:探索学术图书馆馆藏杂志和另类时尚新闻出版物的潜力

摘要：本文讨论了在支持时尚研究项目的学术图书馆中收集杂志和另类新闻杂志的目的。时尚是一门既有创意又有学术性的学科，但也是一个由商业利益主导的领域。时尚杂志为主流时尚媒体提供了一种反话语形式，主流时尚媒体将时尚作为一种现象，同时挑战其制度控制的权力。Zines也正在成为时尚传播中的一种新媒体，另类杂志从其美学和品牌中汲取灵感，选择术语并利用其亚文化吸引力。本文重点讨论了这种媒介对时尚行业和学术学科的发展相关性，学术图书馆在收集杂志和小型新闻时尚出版物方面面临的挑战，以及学术图书馆在提供这种替代文献方面的作用。此外，它还讨论了杂志制作作为一种教学工具，探索学生如何利用它们来获得灵感，以及作为一种媒介，以自己的方式参与和挑战时尚话语。

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Library Trends INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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1.20

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12.50%

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