"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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Page 34
... European funeral traditions after emancipation . She writes : " Upper and middle class Blacks tended to follow European American customs such as wearing black mourning clothes for lengthy and predetermined periods . " This reflects the ...
... European funeral traditions after emancipation . She writes : " Upper and middle class Blacks tended to follow European American customs such as wearing black mourning clothes for lengthy and predetermined periods . " This reflects the ...
Page 35
... European custom that became Americanized and eventually creolized into distinctive African American forms such as the memory jug . I was able to view a display of hair wreaths and memory jugs at the South Carolina State Museum while ...
... European custom that became Americanized and eventually creolized into distinctive African American forms such as the memory jug . I was able to view a display of hair wreaths and memory jugs at the South Carolina State Museum while ...
Page 36
... European practice from yesteryear . Crissman describes that flowers were used for more than beautification purposes ... European- influenced element of African Americans Funerals was that of photography . Although the use of photography ...
... European practice from yesteryear . Crissman describes that flowers were used for more than beautification purposes ... European- influenced element of African Americans Funerals was that of photography . Although the use of photography ...
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According African American funeral African American homegoing African and African African worldview theology American homegoing celebrations American homegoing services American homegoing traditions Annie Mae Johnson Anthony Heilbut attire belief system bereavement Biblical Black Church Black preacher Brown County burial casket ceremony Charles Durant Christian African Americans Coevolution Quarterly color continuity of African Cornel West Crissman cultural continuity cultural practices deceased demonstrative expression display dress Elaine Nichols emotions enslaved Africans Eric Lincoln eulogy Euro-American European family and friends family members Felder final funeral home Funeral Traditions Gospel music grandmother grandmother's hair wreaths Heaven honor Jindra John Mbiti living loved Masamba and Kalish Mbiti writes Mother Evans mourners mourning Orleans Jazz Funerals performative elements Precious Lord presence of family processional religion represented ritual Ron Brown singing Sis Fannie Sis Fannie's slavery song South Carolina spiritual spoken word survivors Sybil Kein Take My Hand wake Washington West African wore Yoruba