Afterword

Abstract

With its watershed, meanderings, and tributaries, the Mississippi River by virtue of its state namesake seems like a harbinger of Southern culture despite the fact that its primary course runs northerly from the Midwestern state of Minnesota down to the Atchafalaya west of New Orleans and feeds into the bays and bayous of Louisiana. Like the massive exodus of blacks out of t he S outh from 1910 to 1970, it se emed to bri ng th ings sout h -ern West, Northeast, and Midwest. The fluvial nature of Southern black culture helps account for the sort of Freudian heimliche¹ one experiences upon viewing a Tyler Perry Presents production, and more specifically, a riotous, Madea-led flick.