Pop Music, Culture and Identity: Joy Devotion and the Second Lives of Kurt Cobain and Ian Curtis

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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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2014-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349483600

DOI: 10.1057/9781137393531

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 199