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Article
Abstract
[First paragraph]
Mike Gunderloy, creator of Factsheet 5, and co-author of The World of Zines, offers the following definition of perzines:
A personal zine, or perzine, is the most intimate kind of zine. It allows the editor/writer many freedoms, not the least of which is spouting off about anything or nothing-in-particular without worrying about editorial policies and other rules of regimented periodicals. It's also a way of corresponding with any number of people simultaneously while maintaining an aura of intimacy and friendship. And something else to remember when you're reading (or writing) a perzine -- because this intimacy is conducted through the mail, the editor/writer remains faceless. S/he can be whomever they want, without any limit to his/her own unique form of expression. (28)
A more succinct definition of the perzine appeared in a glossary published in Factsheet 5 in 1994: "Personal zine: A zine written by one person with essays and comments typically dealing with the publisher's daily life." (101)
Repository Citation
Bailey, Steve, and Anita Michel. "The Photocopied Self: Perzines, Self-Construction, and The Postmodern Identity Crisis." Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture vol. 4, no. 2, 2004, pp. 1–21. https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/reconstruction/vol4/iss2/2
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