Fandom, Image and Authenticity [electronic resource] : Joy Devotion and the Second Lives of Kurt Cobain and Ian Curtis /
Bickerdike, Jennifer Otter.author.
Kurt Cobain and Ian Curtis. Through death, they became icons. However, the lead singers have been removed from their humanity, replaced by easily replicated and distributed commodities bearing their image. This book examines how the anglicised singers provide secular guidance to the modern consumer in an ever more uncertain world.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Tears dry on their own; That thing called authenticity; Methodology; Literary frameworks; Chapter 1; Joy Division tribute bands; Tattoo you - the hyperreal and object fetishism of the body; Image, tribute and death; Chapter 2; The cult of Curtis; Poster boy; Rock'n'roll romanticism; Chapter 3; Hagiography; Chapter 4; Branding of the 'Hyperreal'; Consuming Curtis and Cobain: the branding of death; Love will keep us in popular culture?; Omnipresence; Mickey Division; Necro-fever; Chapter 5; I want to own your memory
Commercial KurtChapter 6; Joy Division documentaries; The fiction of Joy Division; Cinema Cobain; Character Kurt; Chapter 7; Dark tourism and sonic pilgrimage; JFK as framework; Online voyeurs vs. real-time traveller: the paragon/ paradox of Ian Curtis; First journey to Macclesfield; Trip to Père Lachaise; Dating Ian Curtis; Do-it-yourself (DIY); The prime real estate of Ian Curtis; 77 Barton Street; The Curtis grave; Trinkets, tributes and trash; Seattle calling: Kurt Cobain; Viretta Park; Kurt's house: 171 Lake Washington Blvd; Aberdeen; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Kurt Cobain and Ian Curtis. Through death, they became icons. However, the lead singers have been removed from their humanity, replaced by easily replicated and distributed commodities bearing their image. This book examines how the anglicised singers provide secular guidance to the modern consumer in an ever more uncertain world.
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