"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... experience a complexity and ambiguity of feelings in the wake of a family member's death , as do the bereaved in any ... experiences have created a space for them to embrace death and celebrate the life lived and lost . 11Nichols , 10 ...
... experience a complexity and ambiguity of feelings in the wake of a family member's death , as do the bereaved in any ... experiences have created a space for them to embrace death and celebrate the life lived and lost . 11Nichols , 10 ...
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... experiences with the dead person , the songs may bring back memories of being together in church singing the same songs . " " 141 This grief is tempered with a belief in God from which some Africans and African Americans draw their ...
... experiences with the dead person , the songs may bring back memories of being together in church singing the same songs . " " 141 This grief is tempered with a belief in God from which some Africans and African Americans draw their ...
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... experience with death . As society continues to change , one thing is assured for all and that is death . For some Christian African Americans , their experiences with death have been immediate and inescapable , but no less have ...
... experience with death . As society continues to change , one thing is assured for all and that is death . For some Christian African Americans , their experiences with death have been immediate and inescapable , but no less have ...
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