"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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Page 33
... began with the body of the deceased being returned to the family homestead where family and neighbors came to view the remains . Also , it represented the first formal gathering of people prior to the funeral service which was usually ...
... began with the body of the deceased being returned to the family homestead where family and neighbors came to view the remains . Also , it represented the first formal gathering of people prior to the funeral service which was usually ...
Page 70
... began an emotional service that gathered momentum during the eulogy and peaked with the final viewing . As a ten- year old I remember my grandmother telling me the words of a song she knew from her childhood in Springfield , South ...
... began an emotional service that gathered momentum during the eulogy and peaked with the final viewing . As a ten- year old I remember my grandmother telling me the words of a song she knew from her childhood in Springfield , South ...
Page 78
... began feeling very self - conscious about the turtle - neck , so I tucked it under my sweater and zipped my jacket so no one could see it . I was relieved and shocked to see that my grandmother's first cousin who was also first cousin ...
... began feeling very self - conscious about the turtle - neck , so I tucked it under my sweater and zipped my jacket so no one could see it . I was relieved and shocked to see that my grandmother's first cousin who was also first cousin ...
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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