"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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Page 34
... clothes for lengthy and predetermined periods . " This reflects the customs established by Queen Victoria who redefined mourning as a fashion when in 1861 , her beloved husband Prince Albert died . She wore black for forty years ...
... clothes for lengthy and predetermined periods . " This reflects the customs established by Queen Victoria who redefined mourning as a fashion when in 1861 , her beloved husband Prince Albert died . She wore black for forty years ...
Page 48
... Clothes worn at the homegoing celebration are grounded in specific color coordination . The colors most commonly worn at homegoing services of Africans and their descendants in North America are black and white . These two colors have ...
... Clothes worn at the homegoing celebration are grounded in specific color coordination . The colors most commonly worn at homegoing services of Africans and their descendants in North America are black and white . These two colors have ...
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... clothes at a funeral was in tradition with the idea of funerals as a social event that required one to dress up . Masamba and Kalish write that , " a funeral rite is social par excellence , " 129 which necessitated the wearing of fine ...
... clothes at a funeral was in tradition with the idea of funerals as a social event that required one to dress up . Masamba and Kalish write that , " a funeral rite is social par excellence , " 129 which necessitated the wearing of fine ...
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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