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

By Sangita Shresthova ’97, Henry Jenkins , and Gabriel Peters-Lazaro

Published June 7, 2021

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.