"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... customs they were narrow in scope and colored by ethnocentrism . Furthermore they paid little attention to the religious basis of the customs . Studies by H. Carrington Bolton ( 1891 ) and Ernest Ingersoll ( 1892 ) were perhaps the ...
... customs they were narrow in scope and colored by ethnocentrism . Furthermore they paid little attention to the religious basis of the customs . Studies by H. Carrington Bolton ( 1891 ) and Ernest Ingersoll ( 1892 ) were perhaps the ...
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... customs of Ancient Egypt have had the most influence on modern Western World funeral practices . " 83 The exhibit notes continue " the Victorians mimicked the ancient Egyptian customs not only at funerals but in their homes as well ...
... customs of Ancient Egypt have had the most influence on modern Western World funeral practices . " 83 The exhibit notes continue " the Victorians mimicked the ancient Egyptian customs not only at funerals but in their homes as well ...
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... customs such as wearing black mourning 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 ...
... customs such as wearing black mourning 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 ...
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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