Led by the iconic Ian Curtis, Joy Division remains one of the most influential bands to emerge in the British Post-Punk Scene. In spite of Joy Division's relatively short existence, their unique sound and distinct iconography have had a lasting impact on music fans and performers alike. This book disassembles the band's contribution to rock music. Based on up-to-date original research, Heart And Soul brings together established and newly emerging scholars who provide detailed examinations the many layers of this multi-faceted and influential band and their singer, the late Ian Curtis, in particular. Given Joy Division's complexities, the book draws upon a wide range of academic disciplines and approaches in order to make sense of this influential band.
List of Figures and Tables / Foreword / Introduction: This Is the Way, Step Inside: Understanding Joy Division, Martin J. Power, Aileen Dillane and Eoin Devereux / PART 1: DEAD SOULS: HAUNTOLOGY AND FAUSTIAN CONTRACTS / 1 Missions of Dead Souls: A Hauntology of the Industrialism, Modernism and Esotericism in the Music of Joy Division, Michael Goddard / 2 Tony Wilson's Bloody Contract: A Re-enactment of the Faustian Bargain, Dan Jacobson and Ian Jeffrey / PART 2: BALLARD, BURROUGHS, DOSTOEVSKY AND GOGOL: LITERARY (AND VISUAL) INFLUENCES ON JOY DIVISION / 3 Trying to Find a Clue, Trying to Find a Way to Get Out! The European Imaginary of Joy Division, Giacomo Botta / 4 Literary Influences on Joy Division: J. G. Ballard, Franz Kafka, Dostoevsky, Sara Martinez / 5 'Possessed by a Fury That Burns from Inside': On Ian Curtis's Lyrics, Uwe Schutte / PART 3: JOY DIVISION AND MENTAL HEALTH / 6 In a Lonely Place: Illness and the Temporal Exile of Ian Curtis, Tiffany Naiman / 7 'Communication Breakdown: Inarticulacy and the Significance of "Transmission", J. Ruben Valdes Miyares / 8 This Is the Crisis I Knew Had to Come: Revisiting Ian Curtis's Suicide, Eoin Devereux, David Meagher and Walter Cullen / PART 4: INTERZONE: SOUNDS, IMAGES AND STYLE / 9 Joy Division in Space: The Aesthetics of Estrangement, Robin Parmar / 10 Manchester, Martin Hannett and Joy Division's Pungent Architecture, John S. Greenwood and Paul Tarpey / 11 Nothing Here Now but the Recordings: The Moving Image Record of Joy Division and the Factory Video Unit, Nick Cope / PART 5: CULTURAL LEGACIES / 12 Mining for Counterculture, Colin Malcolm / 13 'I Hung Around in Your Soundtrack': Affinities with Joy Division among Contemporary Iranian Musicians, Gay Jennifer Breyley / 14 As If It Never Happened: The Posteconomy of Joy Division and Ian Curtis, Jennifer Otter Bickerdike / PART 6: TEMPTATION, TRANSMISSION AND TRANSITIONS / 15 Things That Aren't There: Spectral Presences in Musical Absences - The Transition from Joy Division to New Order, Kieran Cashell / Discography/Filmography / Bibliography / Contributor Biographies
