"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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Page 94
... coffins , made from the plentiful pine of the South , were almost always the product of slave craftsmen . " 174 Slave funerals maintain the cultural continuity of African death celebrations by paying great attention to ushering the ...
... coffins , made from the plentiful pine of the South , were almost always the product of slave craftsmen . " 174 Slave funerals maintain the cultural continuity of African death celebrations by paying great attention to ushering the ...
Page 97
... coffins . Van Der Zee's works are an example of " a straightforward , descriptive style that was drenched in sentimentality . " 177 The influences of European funeral practices and traditions are identifiable traits in modern - day ...
... coffins . Van Der Zee's works are an example of " a straightforward , descriptive style that was drenched in sentimentality . " 177 The influences of European funeral practices and traditions are identifiable traits in modern - day ...
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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