"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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Page 36
... deceased was loved and respected in the community . If the individual was an active church member , community participant and member of civic and fraternal organizations , there would be a display of flowers around the casket ...
... deceased was loved and respected in the community . If the individual was an active church member , community participant and member of civic and fraternal organizations , there would be a display of flowers around the casket ...
Page 45
... deceased , as well provide support for surviving family members . Great attention is given to the appearance of all involved in an African American homegoing . We now turn our attention to the spoken word or eulogy as an element that ...
... deceased , as well provide support for surviving family members . Great attention is given to the appearance of all involved in an African American homegoing . We now turn our attention to the spoken word or eulogy as an element that ...
Page 96
... deceased for a public display . The viewing of the remains signify the first formal gathering of people prior to the ... deceased underwent a creolization by African Americans into their distinctive memory jug . The use of hair wreaths ...
... deceased for a public display . The viewing of the remains signify the first formal gathering of people prior to the ... deceased underwent a creolization by African Americans into their distinctive memory jug . The use of hair wreaths ...
Common terms and phrases
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