"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... traditions and ideals . " 37 This is the essential premise behind this discussion of African and African American funeral celebrations as reflective of the connection between cultural practices and religious beliefs . In Chapter One , I ...
... traditions and ideals . " 37 This is the essential premise behind this discussion of African and African American funeral celebrations as reflective of the connection between cultural practices and religious beliefs . In Chapter One , I ...
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... cultural connection is carried out in the creative form of a final rites of ... practices of African American funerals , services that mark the homegoing of ... practices and customs of their European slave masters were appropriated in ...
... cultural connection is carried out in the creative form of a final rites of ... practices of African American funerals , services that mark the homegoing of ... practices and customs of their European slave masters were appropriated in ...
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... cultural practices and traditions . These practices distinguish homegoings from funerals in which the service centers around the deceased . The African American homegoing is twofold . In addition to honoring the deceased , it aids ...
... cultural practices and traditions . These practices distinguish homegoings from funerals in which the service centers around the deceased . The African American homegoing is twofold . In addition to honoring the deceased , it aids ...
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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