Popular Culture and The Civic Imagination: Case Studies of Creative Social Change

In this edited collection, Jenkins, Peters-Lazaro, and Shresthova compile essays about how the language and lessons contained within popular culture can inspire real-life action. From Star Wars to #BlackGirlMagic to the Arab Spring, Popular Culture and The Civic Imagination visualizes the process of imagining change — not only within our society, but within ourselves.

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The January 2026 cover of PAW, featuring a man and a woman and the headline "Empower Couple."
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January 2026

Giving big with Kwanza Jones ’93 and José E. Feliciano ’94; Elizabeth Tsurkov freed; small town wonderers.