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Fandom, Image and Authenticity

Joy Devotion and the Second Lives of Kurt Cobain and Ian Curtis

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Authors:
  1. Jennifer Otter Bickerdike

    1. University of East London, UK

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Part of the book series: Pop Music, Culture and Identity (PMCI)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-16

  3. Chapter 1

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    Pages 17-32

  4. Chapter 2

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    Pages 33-47

  5. Chapter 3

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    Pages 48-65

  6. Chapter 4

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    Pages 66-88

  7. Chapter 5

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    Pages 89-102

  8. Chapter 6

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    Pages 103-125

  9. Chapter 7

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    Pages 126-169

  10. Conclusion

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    Pages 170-174

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 175-199
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of East London, UK

    Jennifer Otter Bickerdike

About the author

Jennifer Otter Bickerdike is Senior Lecturer at the University of East London, UK. She started off in the music industry, as College Marketing Representative for Sony Music, touring with Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine and a little band called Nirvana. At 25, she went on to be the West Coast Marketing Director for Interscope Geffen A M Records, creating branding and marketing campaigns for artists such as No Doubt, Sting, U2 and Eminem. In 2003, she started her own marketing company, working with a variety of culture industry tastemakers, including L.A.M.B., Facebook and Quannum Projects, while lecturing at San Francisco State University and writing her MA in Humanities on Morrissey fandom as religion. She has recently obtained her PhD in Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths University of London.

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