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.

Contributions by: Catherine Bouko, Martin Butler, Jeroen Kloet, James Dorson, Dominika Ferens, Paola Ferrero, Bärbel Harju, Sebastian Hermann, C. King, Jaap Kooijman, Susanne Leikam, Dietmar Meinel, Christian Schmidt, Karsten Senkbeil, Barry Shank, Florian Zappe