"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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... honor attributed to the ancestors represents a cultural continuity amidst modern changes . The songs at the homegoing service personified her legacy as an ancestor . In honor and admiration of her life one can look at these songs from ...
... honor attributed to the ancestors represents a cultural continuity amidst modern changes . The songs at the homegoing service personified her legacy as an ancestor . In honor and admiration of her life one can look at these songs from ...
Page 69
... honor of that lifestyle , as well as representative of her age . Another explanation of attire is that it reflects a southern tradition of appropriate funeral wear . My grandmother always told me , " you bury a woman who has reached the ...
... honor of that lifestyle , as well as representative of her age . Another explanation of attire is that it reflects a southern tradition of appropriate funeral wear . My grandmother always told me , " you bury a woman who has reached the ...
Page 74
... honor of her age ( 81 ) . The response from my cousin was " what do you want white for ?, she wasn't a virgin . " I know that white is reserved for first time brides but it is still associated with honor for old age . My cousin's ...
... honor of her age ( 81 ) . The response from my cousin was " what do you want white for ?, she wasn't a virgin . " I know that white is reserved for first time brides but it is still associated with honor for old age . My cousin's ...
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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