The second part of the series assesses the origins, history and migrations of stories, and asks why narrative has always played such a prominent role in the southern states.
“When you’re talking about an oral tradition, you’re talking about something that goes back and forth–you’re dealing with continual adaption and interpretation. Two people activating something to make it into what they need it to be for their lives at that moment.”
— BARBARA MYERHOFF, anthropologist, Los Angeles, California