| dc.description.abstract | This study focuses on the theoretical characteristics of zines, such as their place in the context of
the third wave of feminism, their embodied materiality and their content serving as a third space
using 'borderlands rhetorics'. These theories are considered using a framework of, respectively
Alison Piepmeier & Rebecca Walker, Judith Butler & Donna Haraway and Adela C. Licona. These
theories are connected to the skateboarding culture in order to point out how zines can work to
empower women within this culture and the culture as a whole. For the skateboarding culture this
research focuses on the works of Becky Beal, Asa Bäckström and Lisa Weidman. The position of
girls within skateboarding is studied using Steph MacKay & Christine Dallaire's earlier study on the
matter. Three girl skateboarding zines, Gunk, Escape Route & Brash, are analyzed to illustrate the
theoretical research. | |
| dc.subject.keywords | skateboard, skateboarding, culture, feminism, zines, zine, riot grrrl, butler, haraway,
licona, piepmeier, beal, Bäckström, weidman, mackay, dallaire, gunk, escape route, brash,
empowerment, third wave, embodiment, third space, borderland | |
