"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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Page 61
... family attachments reflected in the tributes made by family members at the services . These case studies will ... family and friends who have been separated from one another for one reason or another . This gathering marks the ...
... family attachments reflected in the tributes made by family members at the services . These case studies will ... family and friends who have been separated from one another for one reason or another . This gathering marks the ...
Page 66
... relatives and friends remember the loved one and the life that was lived and lost . " 158 This was the case in the family tributes to Mother Evans . Family members displayed great strength as they each got up and spoke of fond memories ...
... relatives and friends remember the loved one and the life that was lived and lost . " 158 This was the case in the family tributes to Mother Evans . Family members displayed great strength as they each got up and spoke of fond memories ...
Page 67
... family members , was remembered as a religious woman who loved her family and church . Widowed at a young age with two small children to raise , her faith was rooted in God . Family and friends from near and far made up the mourners at ...
... family members , was remembered as a religious woman who loved her family and church . Widowed at a young age with two small children to raise , her faith was rooted in God . Family and friends from near and far made up the mourners at ...
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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