The Fan Studies Network

JOY DEVOTION:
The Importance of Ian Curtis and fan culture CFP
New book to be released exclusively on Headpress
Joy Devotion: The Importance of Ian Curtis and fan culture in a 2.0 Economy will explore the lasting legacy in the fan, post-punk and dot com economy of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis, and what such dedication says about the larger issues facing us in a modern world. Essays on Curtis, exploring ideas of memory, death, technology, fandom and secular religion will be complimented by photos taken at the Ian Curtis Memorial Stone every month for a year, beginning fall 2009 through 2010. Stakeholders in the Curtis legacy, from fans to artists, will also contribute their personal insights, allowing for intimate and never before allowed access to the very people who Curtis has continued to influence and inspire long past his untimely death in 1980.
We are looking for contributions in the following areas:
• The growing importance of Joy Division and Curtis since his death
• Bootlegs, bootleg culture and ideas of duplication, replication and distribution;
• On-line communities, social media and the evolution of fan connection via technology
• Joy Division tribute bands and or acts
•Ideas of Englishness as exported via Joy Division to the rest of the world
• How the images of Joy Division and Ian Curtis have played a role in memory, history and iconography
• Military and political messaging in the band’s name, ideals and legacy
• Films about and featuring Joy Division
• The non-touring band- how Joy Division became a global phenomena without international touring
•Memory, fandom and secular religion
Other ideas are welcome. Any questions or inquiries please send to jkomedia@gmail.com.
Please send a 500 word abstract of your ideas to jkomedia@gmail.com by November 1, 2014 for consideration. We will contact all interested parties by February 1, 2015, with a decision in regards to inclusion.
A full chapter will consist of 2,000-3,000 words, and will be due no later than May 1, 2015.

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