Janelle Joseph: 3 books
Sport in the Black Atlantic
Cricket, Canada and the Caribbean diaspora
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
This book outlines the ways sport helps to create transnational social fields that interconnect migrants dispersed across a region known as the Black Atlantic: England, North America and the Caribbean. Many Caribbean men's stories about their experiences migrating to Canada, settling in Toronto, finding...
Roald Dahl and Philosophy
A Little Nonsense Now and Then
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
For generations the elements of humor, poignancy, fantasy, and unfettered morality found within acclaimed children’s author Roald Dahl’s most famous tales have captivated both children and adults. Classics like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Matilda,...
How Celebrity Lives Affect Our Own
Understanding the Impact on Americans’ Public and Private Lives
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
Famous: How Celebrity Lives Affect Our Own explores the effects celebrities have on their impressionable audience's lives, from copycat suicides, to postfeminist hypersexuality, to taking questionable celebrity health advice, and more. Celebrity advocacy and philanthropy are analyzed as contributors...