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In the 1990s, a generation of women born during the rise of the second wave feminist movement plotted a revolution. These young activists funneled their outrage and energy into creating music, and zines using salvaged audio equipment and stolen time on copy machines. By 2000, the cultural artifacts of this movement had started to migrate from basements and storage units to community and university archives, establishing new sites of storytelling and political activism. The Archival Turn in Feminism chronicles these important cultural artifacts and their collection, cataloging, preservation, and distribution. Cultural studies scholar Kate Eichhorn examines institutions such as the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture at Duke University, The Riot Grrrl Collection at New York University, and the Barnard Zine Library. She also profiles the archivists who have assembled these significant feminist collections. Eichhorn shows why young feminist activists, cultural producers, and scholars embraced the archive, and how they used it to stage political alliances across eras and generations.
A volume in the American Literatures Initiative
Book Details
Publisher: American Literatures Initiative
Publish Date: Jul 26th, 2013
Pages: 208
Language: English
Edition: American Litera - undefined
Dimensions: 8.71in - 5.75in - 0.73in - 0.79lb
EAN: 9781439909515
Categories: • Feminism & Feminist Theory• Library & Information Science - Archives & Special Libraries• Gender Studies
About the Author
Kate Eichhorn is Assistant Professor of Culture and Media Studies at The New School.