"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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Page 12
... ceremony and the role of the second liners , little is mentioned about the ceremony itself or especially its spiritual function . More recent studies have looked at the stages of bereavement amongst Blacks as compared to those stages ...
... ceremony and the role of the second liners , little is mentioned about the ceremony itself or especially its spiritual function . More recent studies have looked at the stages of bereavement amongst Blacks as compared to those stages ...
Page 23
... ceremony itself includes a procession in which " the men first , carrying the corpse , with women coming behind " 48 carry out the functions of the ceremony while celebrating a loved one's last rites . Death for Africans is seen as an ...
... ceremony itself includes a procession in which " the men first , carrying the corpse , with women coming behind " 48 carry out the functions of the ceremony while celebrating a loved one's last rites . Death for Africans is seen as an ...
Page 68
... ceremony to occur . Out - of - town relatives and friends began arriving for the wake on the Wednesday before the funeral , an established time to visit with the family to offer communal support and to view the body . This ceremony was ...
... ceremony to occur . Out - of - town relatives and friends began arriving for the wake on the Wednesday before the funeral , an established time to visit with the family to offer communal support and to view the body . This ceremony was ...
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