00622nam a2200085Ia 4500100002000000245007800020260000900098520041000107583001900517  aPATTON, John H.  aCommunication and cultural identity through calypso and poetic discourse.  c1994  aExplores some of the ways in which communication shapes and developes cultural identity.  Pursues the following themes: (1) defining and describing a communication perspective; (2) formulating the contours of cultural identity; (3) calypso, especially Barbadian calypso, and the creation of cultural identity; and, (4) public discourse, especially Walcott's poetic prose, in relation to cultural identity.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR