"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... died . Several studies have addressed aspects of the African American response to death . One of the most recent studies of African American homegoings , perhaps the most comprehensive , is the catalog compiled by Elaine Nichols ...
... died . Several studies have addressed aspects of the African American response to death . One of the most recent studies of African American homegoings , perhaps the most comprehensive , is the catalog compiled by Elaine Nichols ...
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... died , as well as comfort the survivors . There is hope for some African Americans that characterizes the faith which undergirds them during their hour of bereavement . People sing , shout or dance at homegoing services because these ...
... died , as well as comfort the survivors . There is hope for some African Americans that characterizes the faith which undergirds them during their hour of bereavement . People sing , shout or dance at homegoing services because these ...
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... died . She wore black for forty years thereafter , until her own death in 1901.87 It was this type of display that ... Dying in Central Appalachia . Chicago : University of Illinois Press , 1994. 73 . 86 Nichols , 25 . 87 Neville Public ...
... died . She wore black for forty years thereafter , until her own death in 1901.87 It was this type of display that ... Dying in Central Appalachia . Chicago : University of Illinois Press , 1994. 73 . 86 Nichols , 25 . 87 Neville Public ...
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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