"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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Page 48
... importance of appropriate attire . The importance of specific colors is represented in what the deceased is buried in as well as what the mourners wear . Clothes worn at the homegoing celebration are grounded in specific color ...
... importance of appropriate attire . The importance of specific colors is represented in what the deceased is buried in as well as what the mourners wear . Clothes worn at the homegoing celebration are grounded in specific color ...
Page 50
... importance that African Americans placed on having a decent burial which included proper attire . 66 Another celebratory element of importance to African American homegoings is the use 128Donald J. Waters , ed . Strange Ways and Sweet ...
... importance that African Americans placed on having a decent burial which included proper attire . 66 Another celebratory element of importance to African American homegoings is the use 128Donald J. Waters , ed . Strange Ways and Sweet ...
Page 102
... importance of familial ties by being present at homegoings to renew those ties that bind . Like their African ancestors , Christian African Americans , pay honor to their dead by ensuring that the deceased has a proper send - off with ...
... importance of familial ties by being present at homegoings to renew those ties that bind . Like their African ancestors , Christian African Americans , pay honor to their dead by ensuring that the deceased has a proper send - off with ...
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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