"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... Masamba and Jean Kalish notes , " the presence of many friends at the funeral and / or at the wake 104 An helps compensate for the sense of isolation caused by the death of a loved one . opportunity for family members to express their ...
... Masamba and Jean Kalish notes , " the presence of many friends at the funeral and / or at the wake 104 An helps compensate for the sense of isolation caused by the death of a loved one . opportunity for family members to express their ...
Page 53
... Masamba and Kalish " perform two kinds of functions for the survivors . First , the words of many songs seem particularly appropriate after a death has occurred , either because they recall the lost relationship or because they speak of ...
... Masamba and Kalish " perform two kinds of functions for the survivors . First , the words of many songs seem particularly appropriate after a death has occurred , either because they recall the lost relationship or because they speak of ...
Page 57
... Masamba and Kalish , " Black funerals generally call for visual confrontation of the dead body . Confrontation ... is vivid when the remains are " 148 In a description of one funeral Masamba and Kalish write , " two ladies viewed by the ...
... Masamba and Kalish , " Black funerals generally call for visual confrontation of the dead body . Confrontation ... is vivid when the remains are " 148 In a description of one funeral Masamba and Kalish write , " two ladies viewed by the ...
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