![]() ![]() Over the years, however, the zine has developed its own readership, outside of existing cultural groupings. ![]() They are often perceived as “literary UFOs” (Legendre, 2020), particularly because of the multiple forms they can take, sometimes far from that of a book. Despite the growing importance of zines in the cultural sphere of Quebec and Canada, they remain relatively unknown to the general public. Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture by Stephen Duncombe, published in the United States in 1997 and republished more than once. Zines have rarely been the subject of in-depth analysis in Quebec, unlike American or European researchers who have been studying them for the past twenty years – one of the main scientific studies on the zine remains Notes from Underground. “Perspectives on the zine and the alternative publishing scenes” Conference – CRILCQ, Université de Montréal – October 6 and 7, 2022 A much overdue update from the Toronto Zine Library will be coming next week, but in the meantime TZL is happy to share the following Call For Contributions: ![]()
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