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zine

also 'zine (zēn)

1. An inexpensively produced, self-published, underground publication: I often contributed cartoons and essays to other people's 'zines, so why didn't I just buckle down and start my own? (Pagan Kennedy).

2. An e-zine.

[Short for magazine.]

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zine

(ziːn)

(Journalism & Publishing) informal a magazine or fanzine

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

'zine

or zine

(zin)
n.

1. an individualistic, small-circulation magazine typically produced cheaply by a single nonprofessional enthusiast.

2. such a magazine existing on the World Wide Web.

[1960–65; clipping of fanzine]

Translations

zine

[ziːn] 'zine N → fanzine m, revistilla f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

zine

[ˈziːn] n → zine m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

zine

, ’zine (inf)

n kleine, amateurhaft produzierte Zeitschrift, → Magazin nt, → Heftchen nt

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References in periodicals archive ?

Each teen zinester had a table, and teens had the freedom to set up and decorate their tables in a way that would best reflect themselves and their zine.

A Passion for Zines

Creating biographies of zinesters: reflecting the (possibly) ready access to zine authors, Buchanan suggest using perzines (personal/autobiographical zines) in a classroom focusing on biography, where students develop a set of questions to ask the zinester, and then approach them (by the methods listed in the zine) and ask the questions.

Zines: Embodying literacy practices

Eloisa Aquino is Brazilian-Canadian artist/ zinester. Working with publications as an art form since the 1990s, she runs the Montreal queer micro press B&D Press, which is an art project in itself.

HOW TO START A REVOLUTION ...with BOOKS

As a libertarian and a zinester I owe a considerable debt to him.

Shine on, you crazy diamond

"Zinester's Guide to NYC: The Last Wholly Analog Guide to NYC" is a guide to the life of New York that isn't the life presented by tourism, but instead the best of the best that's off the beaten path and that truly reflects the New York lifestyle that real New Yorkers live.

Burroughs' bookshelf

While reading "We Should Make Things" by zinester Teri Vlassopoulos, I felt like I could remember more clearly being 17 and feeling the quiet restlessness of wanting desperately to say something but not knowing how to say it.

She's Shameless: Women Write About Growing Up, Rocking Out and Fighting Back

Zines are do-it-yourself [DIY], copied and pasted multi-genre publications intended to communicate the personal thoughts and perspectives of the zinester. They are often hand copied and circulated through geographically disparate zine networks and local independent bookstores and cafes.

Writing for change: engaging juveniles through alternative literacy education

(55) Grrrl:Rebel zinester Carol (Malaysia) is motivated by the prospect of exerting an effect on their readers' hearts and minds and inspiring them to get empowered:

Persephone is pissed! Grrrl zine reading, making, and distributing across the globe

Remember that not all 'zines will pass muster at the prison mailroom, so if you paid for a 'zine and never got ir, it's not necessarily the 'zinester's fault.

It's getting about the time when I gotta write about a few things

If you are a zinester who works in a library and you write a zine about it, I would love to add your zine to our collection!

Zines from the stacks: self-published tracts from lady library workers

Mackin is a collection of inquiries to corporations, and said corporations' stupid-assed (mostly) form letter responses-written and collected by the 'zinester's and punker's equivalent to Ralph Nader, the Reverend Richard Mackin.

A letter of condolence to the employees of corporate PR departments

Extremely reliable with orders and equipped with an up-to-date website offering extensive worldwide resources, this distro is truly a zinester's paradise!