Notes from Underground by Stephen Duncombe

Le informazioni nella sezione 'Riassunto' possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo. In the face of utilitarianism, man will do nasty and unproductive things simply to prove that his free will is unpredictable and therefore completely free.

etina (cs) Deutsch (de) English (en) Español (es). The Underground Man complains that man’s primary desire is to exercise his free will, whether or not it is in his best interests. Packed with extracts and illustrations from a wide array of publications, past and present, the book explores the full range of zine culture, and provides a portrait of the contemporary underground in all its facets. Notes from Underground by Stephen Duncombe, Nov 28, 2017, Microcosm Publishing edition, paperback. Brandi Leigh-Ann Bell, from Resources for Feminist Research There has been very little scholarly work that has focussed on the cultural phenomenon of zines. While the book pays full due to the political importance of zines as a vital web of popular culture, it also notes the shortcomings of their utopian and escapist outlook in achieving fundamental social change. Stephen Duncombe's book Notes from Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture, is an example of this type of work from America. The book describes their origins in early-20th-century science fiction cults, their more proximate roots in 1960s counter-culture and their rapid proliferation in the wake of punk rock. This is a comprehensive study of zine publishing.

Together they form a low-tech publishing network of extraordinary richness and variety. In this multifarious underground, Pynchonesque misfits rant and rave, fans eulogize, hobbyists obsess. Notes from Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture. 'Slug and 'Lettuce', 'Pathetic Life', 'I Hate Brenda', 'Dishwasher', 'Punk and 'Destroy', 'Sweet Jesus', 'Scrambled Eggs', 'Maximumrocknroll' - these are among the thousands of publications which circulate in the subterranean world rarely illuminated by the searchlights of mainstream media commentary. like control, connection, and authenticity.