Unpopular Culture

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This volume introduces a new concept that boldly breaks through the traditional dichotomy of high and low culture while offering a fresh approach to both: unpopular culture. From the works of David Foster Wallace and Ernest Hemingway to fanfiction and The Simpsons, from natural disasters to 9/11 and...

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Table of Contents --
Introduction /
Why We Talk the Talk We Talk /
Big Fish /
How (Not) to Make People Like You /
Dissenting Commodities /
Secrets, Lies and The Real Housewives /
Karaoke Americanism Gangnam Style /
'When order is lost, time spits' /
'Famous in a Small Town' The Authenticity of Unpopularity in Contemporary Country Music /
Making Christianity Cool /
Listening to Bad Music /
Hipster Black Metal? /
Unpopular Culture and the American Reception of Tinariwen /
Cultural Studies and the Un/Popular /
Unpopular Sport Teams and the Social Psychology of 'Anti-Fans' /
The Unpopular Profession? /
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Index
1. Verfasser:
Pöhlmann, Sascha (ditor.)
Weitere Verfasser:
Lüthe, Martin (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2016]
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
This volume introduces a new concept that boldly breaks through the traditional dichotomy of high and low culture while offering a fresh approach to both: unpopular culture. From the works of David Foster Wallace and Ernest Hemingway to fanfiction and The Simpsons, from natural disasters to 9/11 and beyond, the essays find the unpopular across media and genres, analysing the politics and aesthetics of a side to culture that has been overlooked by previous theories and methods in cultural studies.
Umfang:
1 online resource (341 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Includes index.
Anmerkungen:
In English.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-003-70885-4
1-04-079589-7
1-04-080081-5
90-485-2870-4
9781003708858
Zugangseinschränkungen:
Open Access
Schlagworte:
Popular culture.
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