Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction / Lüthe, Martin / Pöhlmann, Sascha -- Why We Talk the Talk We Talk / Butler, Martin -- Big Fish / Ferens, Dominika -- How (Not) to Make People Like You / Dorson, James -- Dissenting Commodities / Kovach, Elizabeth -- Secrets, Lies and The Real Housewives / Udy, Dan -- Karaoke Americanism Gangnam Style / Kloet, Jeroen de / Kooijman, Jaap -- 'When order is lost, time spits' / Zappe, Florian -- 'Famous in a Small Town' The Authenticity of Unpopularity in Contemporary Country Music / Schmidt, Christian -- Making Christianity Cool / Harju, Bärbel -- Listening to Bad Music / King, C. Richard -- Hipster Black Metal? / Ferrero, Paola -- Unpopular Culture and the American Reception of Tinariwen / Shank, Barry -- Cultural Studies and the Un/Popular / Meinel, Dietmar -- Unpopular Sport Teams and the Social Psychology of 'Anti-Fans' / Senkbeil, Karsten -- The Unpopular Profession? / Herrmann, Sebastian M. -- Contributors -- Index |