The Power of Stories: a Communicative Investigation of Dancehall Narratives and Caribbean Culture

........................................................................................................................... vii CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 1 Origin and Themes of Dancehall Music ....................................................................... 5 Narrative Paradigm Theory ......................................................................................... 12 Culture......................................................................................................................... 14 Communicative Cultural Performances Characteristics ................................. 16 Communicative Cultural Performances Manifestations ................................. 18 Power Relations in Communication ........................................................................... 22 Language ......................................................................................................... 23 Ideological Frames .......................................................................................... 25 Entering into the Conversation ................................................................................... 26 CHAPTER TWO: METHOD ................................................................................................. 29 Interpretivism .............................................................................................................. 29 Time and Place ............................................................................................................ 30 Demographic ............................................................................................................... 31 Participants .................................................................................................................. 31 Data Collection Techniques ........................................................................................ 32